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End of Millennium: The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture Volume III (Information Age Series)

Book information

Year
2010
ISBN
1405196882, 9781405196888
Open Library ID
OL24825643M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3234440 bytes)
Edition
2nd Edition with a New Preface
Pages
488\488
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This final volume in Manuel Castells' trilogy, with a substantial new preface, is devoted to processes of global social change induced by the transition from the old industrial society to the emerging global network society. Explains why China, rather than Japan, is the economic and political actor that is revolutionizing the global systemReflects on the contradictions of European unification, proposing the concept of the network stateSubstantial new preface assesses the validity of the theoretical construction presented in the conclusion of the trilogy, proposing some conceptual modifications in light of the observed experience

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