The information system has become a tool for power it is the object of state policy used for exerting internal power over economic and social activities and for controlling citizens in addition it has been extended to foreign relations with strong economic and military implications in the conceptual part of the book the author defines information as an asset that is part of any decision . As the informational state replaces the bureaucratic welfare state control over information creation processing flows and use has become the most effective form of power in change of state sandra braman examines the theoretical and practical ramifications of this change of state she looks at the ways in which governments are deliberate explicit and consistent in their use of information policy to exercise power exploring not only such familiar topics as intellectual property . Change of state introduces information policy on two levels coupling discussions of specific contemporary problems with more abstract analysis drawing on social theory and empirical research as. This item change of state information policy and power the mit press by sandra braman paperback 2835 in stock ships from and sold by blackwells uk dispatched from uk new perspectives on computer concepts 2018 comprehensive by june jamrich parsons paperback 9213 in stock. As the informational state replaces the bureaucratic welfare state control over information creation processing flows and use has become the most effective form of power in change of state