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Manuel Castells - one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists
- has drawn together a stellar group of contributors to explore the
patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and
institutional diversity. The book analyzes the technological,
cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the
world in terms of the critical role of electronic communication
networks in business, everyday life, public services, social
interaction and politics. The contributors demonstrate that the
network society is the new form of social organization in the
Information age, replacing the Industrial society. The book
analyzes processes of technological transformation in interaction
with social culture in different cultural and institutional
contexts: the United States of America, the United Kingdom,
Finland, Russia, China, India, Canada, and Catalonia. The topics
examined include business productivity, global financial markets,
cultural identity, the uses of the Internet in education and
health, the anti-globalization movement, political processes, media
and identity, and public policies to guide technological
development. Taken together these studies show that the network
society adopts very different forms, depending on the cultural and
institutional environments in which it evolves. The Network Society
is an outstanding and original volume of direct interest in
academia - particularly in the fields of social sciences,
communication studies, and business schools - as well as for
policymakers engaged in technological policy and economic
development. Business and management experts will also discover
much of value to them within this book.
Technopoles - planned centres for the promotion for high-
technology industry - have become a key feature of national
economic development worldwide. Created out of a technological
revolution, the formation of the global economy and the emergence
of a new form of economic production and management, they
constitute the mines and foundries of the information age,
redefining the conditions and processes of local and regional
development. This book is the first systematic survey of
technopoles in all manifestations: science parks, science cities,
national technopoles and technobelt programmes. Detailed case
studies, ranging from the Silicon Valley to Siberia and from the M4
Corridor to Taiwan, relate how global technopoles have developed,
what each is striving to achieve and how well it is succeeding.
Technopoles of the World distills the lessons learnt from the
successes and failures, embracing a host of disparate concepts and
a few myths, and offering guidelines for national, regional and
local planners and developers worldwide.
This text challenges the belief that cities will eventually
disappear as territorial forms of social organization as new
information technologies permit the articulation of social
processes without regard for distance, arguing that the specific
role of cities will become more important, and proposing that a
dynamic and creative relationship be built up between the local and
the global. In this way, cities will remain the focus of social
organization, political management and cultural expression,
equipped to deal with the enormous social and environmental
problems of urbanization.
This text challenges the belief that cities will eventually
disappear as territorial forms of social organization as new
information technologies permit the articulation of social
processes without regard for distance, arguing that the specific
role of cities will become more important, and proposing that a
dynamic and creative relationship be built up between the local and
the global. In this way, cities will remain the focus of social
organization, political management and cultural expression,
equipped to deal with the enormous social and environmental
problems of urbanization.
Technopoles - planned centres for the promotion of high-technology
industry - have become a key feature of national economic
development worldwide. Created out of a technological revolution,
the formation of the global economy and the emergence of a new form
of economic production and management, they constitute the mines
and foundries of the information age, redefining the conditions and
processes of local and regional development. This text is a
systematic survey of technopoles in all manifestations: science
parks, science cities, national technopoles and techno-belt
programmes. Detailed case studies, ranging from the Silicon Valley
to Siberia and from the M4 Corridor to Taiwan, relate how global
technopoles have developed, what each is striving to achieve and
how well it is succeeding. "Technopoles of the World" distils the
lessons learned from the successes and failures, embracing a host
of disparate concepts and a few myths, and offering guidelines for
national, regional and local planners and developers worldwide.
Manuel Castells - one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists
- has drawn together a stellar group of contributors to explore the
patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and
institutional diversity. The book analyzes the technological,
cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the
world in terms of the critical role of electronic communication
networks in business, everyday life, public services, social
interaction and politics. The contributors demonstrate that the
network society is the new form of social organization in the
Information age, replacing the Industrial society. The book
analyzes processes of technological transformation in interaction
with social culture in different cultural and institutional
contexts: the United States of America, the United Kingdom,
Finland, Russia, China, India, Canada, and Catalonia. The topics
examined include business productivity, global financial markets,
cultural identity, the uses of the Internet in education and
health, the anti-globalization movement, political processes, media
and identity, and public policies to guide technological
development. Taken together these studies show that the network
society adopts very different forms, depending on the cultural and
institutional environments in which it evolves. The Network Society
is an outstanding and original volume of direct interest in
academia - particularly in the fields of social sciences,
communication studies, and business schools - as well as for
policymakers engaged in technological policy and economic
development. Business and management experts will also discover
much of value to them within this book.
El presente libro refleja las distintas etapas de la investigacion
de Manuel Castells sobre las ciudades y el urbanismo desde los anos
setenta hasta la actualidad. Los textos seleccionados y comentados
por Ida Susser, algunos de los cuales nunca habian sido traducidos
al castellano, abordan temas como la estructura urbana y la
dinamica territorial, la inmigracion, la dualidad urbana, los
movimientos sociales urbanos, la relacion entre tecnologias de
informacion y desarrollo urbano-regional y la emergencia de nuevas
formas de urbanizacion a escala mundial. La Conclusion, escrita por
Castells especialmente para este volumen, destaca las cuestiones
que considera cruciales para la sociologia urbana del siglo XXI.
Manuel Castells gibt detailliert und faszinierend Aufschluss uber
das "Woher" und - soweit aus der aktuellen Situation erkennbar -
"Wohin" des Internet und, damit verbunden, der neuen
Netzwerkgesellschaft, deren zentrales Kommunikationsmedium das
Internet ist.
Manuel Castells entwirft in seinem Werk eine Soziologie des
Informationszeitalters. Auf der Grundlage reichhaltigen empirischen
Materials analysiert und interpretiert er die Entwicklung von der
Industriegesellschaft zur Informationsgesellschaft. Seit seinem
ersten Erscheinen 1996 in den USA hat das Werk einen beispiellosen
Siegeszug durch die wissenschaftlich interessierte Leserschaft
genommen.
Taking a hard look at the crisis afflicting Western economies in
recent years, Manuel Castells suggests that the very structures
that fostered economic growth since 1945 are the same structures
that are now undermining these economics. Pinpointing the new forms
of the capitalist mode of production and the contradictory nature
of its class relations as the root of the problem, he offers a
comprehensive critique of American society and its economy.
Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
Im zweiten Band seines Werkes, Das Informationszeitalter' zeigt
Castells die beiden grossen einander entgegen gesetzten Trends in
unserer Welt: Globalisierung und Identitat. Die Revolution der
Informationstechnologie und die Erneuerung des Kapitalismus haben
die Netzwerkgesellschaft begrundet, gekennzeichnet durch die global
agierende Wirtschaft, durch Flexibilisierung und Unsicherheit von
Arbeit und durch eine Kultur der, realen Virtualitat'.Aber daneben
schafft sich kollektive Identitat machtvoll Ausdruck. Sie stemmt
sich gegen die Globalisierung und beharrt auf kultureller
Eigenstandigkeit, auf Selbstbestimmung uber Leben und Umwelt.
Castells beschreibt und analysiert Ursprunge, Ziele und Wirkungen
ubergreifender Bewegungen wie Feminismus und Okologie ebenso wie
begrenzter Bewegungen, die sich auf Religion, Nation, Ethnie oder
Familie beziehen.
"
Der Fall der Sowjetunion, Ausgangspunkt dieses Bandes, zeigt die
Unfahigkeit zentralistischer Staatswirtschaften, mit der
Transformation zum Informationszeitalter fertig zu werden. Aber
Ungleichheit, Polarisierung und sozialer Ausschluss als Folgen der
Globalisierung zeigen sich dem Autor weltweit, u.a. an stadtischer
Armut, an der Not der Kinder. Zugleich zeigt Castells, dass und wie
eine global organisierte Kriminalitat Wirtschaft und Politik vieler
Lander bedroht. Schliesslich lenkt er den Blick auf den
asiatisch-pazifischen Raum als einen der wichtigsten
Einflussfaktoren der Weltwirtschaft. Im dritten Band liefert
Castells schliesslich das Resumee der Trilogie. Es bietet auf der
Basis einer ungeheuren Materialfulle und -analyse die systematische
Interpretation unserer Welt zur Jahrtausendwende."
Manuel Castells entwirft in seinem dreibandigen Werk eine
Soziologie des Informationszeitalters. Auf der Grundlage
reichhaltigen empirischen Materials zeichnet er nach, analysiert
und interpretiert die Entwicklung unserer Welt von der
Industriegesellschaft zur Informationsgesellschaft.
Seit seinem ersten Erscheinen 1996 in Amerika hat das Werk einen
beispiellosen Siegeszug durch die wissenschaftlich interessierte
Leserschaft genommen.
"
Taking a hard look at the crisis afflicting Western economies in
recent years, Manuel Castells suggests that the very structures
that fostered economic growth since 1945 are the same structures
that are now undermining these economics. Pinpointing the new forms
of the capitalist mode of production and the contradictory nature
of its class relations as the root of the problem, he offers a
comprehensive critique of American society and its economy.
Originally published in 1980.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
You may be a hacker and not even know it. Being a hacker has nothing to do with cyberterrorism, and it doesn’t even necessarily relate to the open-source movement. Being a hacker has more to do with your underlying assumptions about stress, time management, work, and play. It’s about harmonizing the rhythms of your creative work with the rhythms of the rest of your life so that they amplify each other. It is a fundamentally new work ethic that is revolutionizing the way business is being done around the world.
Without hackers there would be no universal access to e-mail, no Internet, no World Wide Web, but the hacker ethic has spread far beyond the world of computers. It is a mind-set, a philosophy, based on the values of play, passion, sharing, and creativity, that has the potential to enhance every individual’s and company’s productivity and competitiveness. Now there is a greater need than ever for entrepreneurial versatility of the sort that has made hackers the most important innovators of our day. Pekka Himanen shows how we all can make use of this ongoing transformation in the way we approach our working lives.
A New York roofer requests payment in cash. A Bogota car
mechanic sets up "shop" on a quiet side street. Four Mexican
immigrants assemble semiconductors in a San Diego home. A Leningrad
doctor sells needed medicine to a desperate patient. All are part
of a growing worldwide phenomenon that is widely known but little
understood. The informal or underground economy is thriving today,
not only in the Third World countries where it was first reported
and studied but also in Eastern Europe and the developed nations of
the West.
"The Informal Economy" is the first book to bring together
studies from all three of these settings and to integrate them into
a coherent theoretical framework. Taking an international
perspective, the authors dispel a number of misconceptions about
the informal economy. They make clear, for instance, that it is not
solely a province of the poor. Cutting across social strata, it
reflects a political and economic realignment between employers and
workers and a shift in the regulatory mission of the government.
Throughout, the authors' theoretical observations serve not only to
unify material from diverse sources but also to map out directions
for further research.
We live in the midst of a revolution in communication technologies
that affects the way in which people feel, think, and behave. The
media have become the space where power strategies are played out.
In the current technological context mass communication goes beyond
traditional media and includes the Internet and mobile
communication. In this wide-ranging and powerful book, Manuel
Castells analyses the transformation of the global media industry
by this revolution in communication technologies. He argues that a
new communication system, mass self-communication, has emerged, and
power relationships have been profoundly modified by the emergence
of this new communication environment. Created in the commons of
the Internet this communication can be locally based, but globally
connected. It is built through messaging, social networks sites,
and blogging, and is now being used by the millions around the
world who have access to the Internet. Drawing on a wide range of
social and psychological theories, Castells presents original
research on political processes and social movements. He applies
this analysis to numerous recent events-the misinformation of the
American public on the Iraq War, the global environmental movement
to prevent climate change, the control of information in China and
Russia, Barak Obama's internet-based presidential campaigns, and
(in this new edition) responses to recent political and economic
crises such as the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement. On the
basis of these case studies he proposes a new theory of power in
the information age based on the management of communication
networks Justly celebrated for his analysis of the network society,
Castells here builds on that work, offering a well grounded and
immensely challenging picture of communication and power in the
21st century. This is a book for anyone who wants to understand the
dynamics and character of the modern world.
The crisis of global capitalism that has unfolded since 2008 is
more than an economic crisis. It is structural and
multidimensional. The sequence of events that have taken place in
its aftermath show that we are entering a world that is very
different from the social and economic conditions that
characterized the rise of global, informational capitalism in the
preceding three decades. The policies and strategies that intended
to manage the crisis-with mixed results depending on the
country-may usher in a distinctly different economic and
institutional system, as the New Deal, the construction of the
European Welfare State, and the Bretton Woods global financial
architecture all gave rise to a new form of capitalism in the
aftermath of the 1930s Depression, and World War II.
This volume examines the cultures and institutions at the root of
the crisis, as well as the conflicts and debates that lead to a new
social landscape, including the rise of alternative economic
cultures expressed in the social movements occupying Wall Street.
The book presents the results of a shared project of reflection by
an interdisciplinary group of researchers from around the world. It
contends that there is no quick fix to the current financial and
political system. Life beyond the crisis requires a transformation
of the mindset that led to bankruptcy and despair, and to economies
and societies based on an unsustainable model of speculative
finance and political irresponsibility. The book explains why and
explores the contours of the world emerging in the aftermath of the
crisis.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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