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The rise of the network society /
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. * Groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information on all...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2010.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed., with a new pref. |
| Series: | Castells, Manuel,
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| Online Access: | http://bvbm2.bib-bvb.de:8993/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=017993589&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
Table of Contents:
- 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 egde of forever: timeless time
- Conclusion: the network society.