The Rise of the Network Society : Manuel Castells. txt
Series United Kingdom : Wiley-Blackwell , 2010Edición: Second editionDescripción: lvii, 597 p. ill. ; maps ; 23 cmTipo de contenido:- text
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- HC79.I55 C373 2010
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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 aspects of society Includes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economy Describes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformation Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe
Include index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [512]-565)
Contents :
List of Figures xii --
List of Tables xiv --
Preface to the 2010 Edition of The Rise of the Network Society xvii --
Acknowledgments 2000 xlv --
Acknowledgments 1996 lv --
Prologue : the Net and the Self 1 --
Technology, Society, and Historical Change 5 --
Informationalism, Industrialism, Capitalism, Statism : Modes of Development and Modes of Production 13 --
Informationalism and capitalist perestroika 18 --
The Self in the Informational Society 21 --
A Word on Method 25 --
1 The Information Technology Revolution 28 --
Which Revolution ? 28 --
Lessons from the Industrial Revolution 33 --
The Historical Sequence of the Information Technology Revolution 38 --
Micro engineering macro changes : electronics and information 39 --
The creation of the Internet 45 --
Network technologies and persuasive computing 51 --
The 1970s' technological divide 53 --
Technologies of life 54 --
Social context and the dynamics of technological change 59 --
Models, Actors, and Sites of the Information Technology Revolution 61 --
The Information Technology Paradigm 69 --
2 The New Economy : Informationalism, Globalization, Networking 77
Productivity, Competitiveness, and the Informational Economy 78 --
The productivity enigma 78 --
Is knowledge based productivity specific to the informational economy ? 80 --
Informationalism and capitalism, productivity and profitability 94 --
The historical specificity of informationalism 99 --
The Global Economy : Structure, Dynamics, and Genesis 101 --
Global financial markets 102 --
Globalization of markets for goods and services : growth and transformation of international trade 106 --
Globalization versus regionalization 110 --
The internationalization of production : multinational corporations and international production networks 116 --
Informational production and selective globalization of science and technology 124 --
Global labol ? 130 --
The geometry of the global economy : segments and networks 132 --
The political economy of globalization : capitalist restructuring, information technology, and state policies 135 --
The New Economy 147 --
3 The Network Enterprise : the Culture, Institutions, and Organizations of the Informational Economy 163 --
Organizational Trajectories in the Restructuring of Capitalism and in the Transition from Industrialism to Informationalism 164 --
From mass production to flexible production 166 --
Small business and the crisis of the large corporation: myth and reality 167 --
"Toyotism": management-worker cooperation, multifunctional labor, total quality control, and reduction of uncertainty 169 --
Inter firm networking 172 --
Corporate strategic alliances 174 --
The horizontal corporation and global business networks 176 --
The crisis of the vertical corporation model and the rise of business networks 178 --
Networking the networks: the Cisco model 180 --
Information Technology and the Network Enterprise 184 --
Culture, Institutions, and Economic Organization: East Asian Business Networks 188 --
A typology of East Asian business networks 189 --
Japan 190 --
Korea 191 --
China 193 --
Culture, organizations, and institutions: Asian business networks and the developmental state 195 --
Multinational Enterprises, Transnational Corporations, and International Networks 206 --
The Spirit of Informationalism 210 --
4 The Transformation of Work and Employment: Networkers, Jobless, and Flex timers 216 --
The Historical Evolution of Employment and Occupational Structure in Advanced Capitalist Countries: the G-7, 1920-2005 217 --
Post-industrialism, the service economy, and the informational society 218 --
The transformation of employment structure, 1920-1970 and 1970-1990 224 --
The new occupational structure 232 --
The maturing of the informational society: employment projections into the twenty first century 237 --
Summing up: the evolution of employment structure and its implications for a comparative analysis of the informational society 243 --
Is There a Global Labor Force ? 247 --
The Work Process in the Informational Paradigm 255 --
The Effects of Informational Technology on Employment : Toward a Jobless Society ? 267 --
Work and the Informational Divide: Flex timers 281 --
Information Technology and the Restructuring of Capital Labor Relations : Social Dualism or Fragmented Societies? 296 --
Appendix A : Statistical Tables for Chapter 4 303 --
Appendix B: Methodological Note and Statistical References 338 --
5 The Culture of Real Virtuality : the Integration of Electronic Communication, the End of the Mass Audience, and the Rise of Interactive Networks 355 --
From the Gutenberg Galaxy to the McLuhan Galaxy: the Rise of Mass Media Culture 358 --
The New Media and the Diversification of Mass Audience 365 --
Computer-mediated Communication, Institutional Control, Social Networks, and Virtual Communities 371 --
The Minitel story: l'état et l'amour 372 --
The Internet constellation 375 --
The interactive society 385 --
The Grand Fusion : Multimedia as Symbolic Environment 394 --
The Culture of Real Virtuality 403 --
6 The Space of Flows 407 --
Advanced Services, Information Flows, and the Global City 409 --
The New Industrial Space 417 --
Everyday Life in the Electronic Cottage: the End of Cities? 427 --
The Transformation of Urban Form: the Informational City 429 --
America's last suburban frontier 429 --
The fading charm of European cities 431 --
Third millennium urbanization: mega cities 434 --
The Social Theory of Space and the Theory of the Space of Flows 440 --
The Architecture of the End of History 448 --
Space of Flows and Space of Places 453 --
7 The Edge of Forever: Timeless Time 460 --
Time, History, and Society 461 --
Time as the Source of Value: the Global Casino 465 --
Flex time and the Network Enterprise 467 --
The Shrinking and Twisting of Life Working Time 468 --
The Blurring of the Life-cycle: Toward Social Arrhythmia? 475 --
Death Denied 481 --
Instant Wars 484 --
Virtual Time 491 --
Time, Space, and Society: the Edge of Forever 494 --
Conclusion: the Network Society 500 --
Summary of the Contents of Volumes Il and III 510 --
Bibliography 512 --
Index 566 --
Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments 2000
- Acknowledgments 1996
- Preface to the 2010 Edition of The Rise of the Network Society
- Prologue: the Net and the Self
- Technology, Society, and Historical Change
- Informationalism, Industrialism, Capitalism, Statism: Modes of Development and Modes of Production
- The Self in the Informational Society
- A Word on Method
- 1 The Information Technology Revolution
- Which Revolution?
- Lessons from the Industrial Revolution
- The Historical Sequence of the Information Technology Revolution
- Models, Actors, and Sites of the Information Technology Revolution
- The Information Technology Paradigm
- 2 The New Economy: Informationalism, Globalization, Networking
- Productivity, Competitiveness, and the Informational Economy
- The Global Economy: Structure, Dynamics, and Genesis
- The New Economy
- 3 The Network Enterprise: the Culture, Institutions, and Organizations of the Informational Economy
- Organizational Trajectories in the Restructuring of Capitalism and in the Transition from Industrialism to Informationalism
- Information Technology and the Network Enterprise
- Culture, Institutions, and Economic Organization: East Asian Business Networks
- Japan
- Korea
- China
- Multinational Enterprises, Transnational Corporations, and International Networks
- The Spirit of Informationalism
- 4 The Transformation of Work and Employment: Networkers, Jobless, and Flex-timers
- The Historical Evolution of Employment and Occupational Structure in Advanced Capitalist Countries: the G-7, 1920-2005
- The Work Process in the Informational Paradigm
- The Effects of Information Technology on Employment: Toward a Jobless Society?
- Work and the Informational Divide: Flex-timers
- Information Technology and the Restructuring of Capital-Labor Relations: Social Dualism or Fragmented Societies?
- Appendix A Statistical Tables for Chapter 4
- Appendix B Methodological Note and Statistica
- References
- 5 The Culture of Real Virtuality: the Integration of Electronic Communication, the End of the Mass Audience, and the Rise of Interactive Networks
- From the Gutenberg Galaxy to the McLuhan Galaxy: the Rise of Mass Media Culture
- The New Media and the Diversification of Mass Audience
- Computer-mediated Communication, Institutional Control, Social Networks, and Virtual Communities
- The Grand Fusion: Multimedia as Symbolic Environment
- The Culture of Real Virtuality
- 6 The Space of Flows
- Advanced Services, Information Flows, and the Global City
- The New Industrial Space
- Everyday Life in the Electronic Cottage: the End of Cities?
- The Transformation of Urban Form: the Informational City
- The Social Theory of Space and the Theory of the Space of Flows
- The Architecture of the End of History
- Space of Flows and Space of Places
- Is There a Global Labor Force?
- 7 The Edge of Forever: Timeless Time
- Time, History, and Society
- Time as the Source of Value: the Global Casino
- Flex-time and the Network Enterprise
- The Shrinking and Twisting of Life Working Time
- The Blurring of the Life-cycle: Toward Social Arrhythmia?
- Death Denied
- Instant Wars
- Virtual Time
- Time, Space, and Society: the Edge of Forever
- Conclusion: the Network Society
- Summary of the Contents of Volumes II and III
- Bibliography
- Index