The power of identity Volume II / Manuel Castells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castells, Manuel, 1942-

Series:

Castells, Manuel, 1942- Information age.

The information age: economy, society, and culture

Information Age Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information society.

Social movements.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Information technology--Political aspects.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed., with a new preface.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010.

Summary:

In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics associated with the technological transformation of our societies and with the globalization of the economy. * Extensive new preface examines how dramatic recent events have transformed the socio-political landscape of our world * Applies Castells' hypotheses to contemporary issues such as Al Qaeda and global terrorist networks, American unilateralism and the crisis of political legitimacy throughout the world * A brilliant account of social, cultural, and political conflict and struggle all over the world * Analyzes the importance of cultural, religious, and national identity as sources of meaning for people, and its implications for social movement * Throws new light on the dynamics of global and local change

Contents:

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

The crisis of industrial statism and the collapse of the soviet union

The rise of the fourth world : informational captalism, poverty, and social exclusion

The perverse connection : the global criminal economy

Development and crisis in the asian pacific : globalization and the state

The unification of europe : globalization, identity, and the network state.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612461088

9781282461086

1282461087

9781444318234

1444318233

9781444318241

1444318241

9781444356298

1444356291

OCLC:

554885967