(P/B) THE INFORMATION AGE: ECONOMY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE (VOLUME I)

Παρουσίαση

This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with a substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. It is a groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information on all aspects of society. It includes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economy. It describes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformation. It is based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. (From the publisher)

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List of figures
List of tables
Preface to the 2010 edition of The Rise of the Network Society
Acknowledgments 2000
Acknowledgments 1996
Prologue: the net and the self
The information technology revolution
The new economy: informationalism, globalization, networking
The network enterprise: the culture, institutions, and organizations of the informational economy
The transformation of work and employment: networkers, jobless, and flex-timers
The culture of real virtuality: the integration of electronic communication, the end of the mass audience, and the rise of interactive networks
The space of flows
The edge of forever: timeless time
Conclusion: the network society
Summary of the contents of volumes II and III
Bibliography
Index