While most industrial nations have already begun to adapt to the information explosion, developing countries have suffered a lag in keeping up. "The Information Society: An International Perspective" examines many of the issues facing all nations, but especially the Third World, as information continues to assume a more central place. Critical analyses of the political and economic impact resulting from the diffusion of information are provided throughout by author Raul Luciano Katz. The international workforce is given close attention as internal structural similarities between countries...