The information age : economy, society and culture. Vol.2 The power of identity / Manuel Castells.
By: Castells, Manuel
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BookPublisher: Massachusetts ; Oxford : Blackwell, 1997Description: xv, 461 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1557868735 ; 1557868743 .Subject(s): Information society | Social movements | Information technology -- Social aspects | Information technology -- Political aspects | Identity (Philosophical concept)DDC classification: 303.4833 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 303.4833 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00085740 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is an account of the two great and conflicting trends now shaping the world: globalization and identity. The information technology revolution and the restructuring of capitalism have induced the network society, and ushered in the globalization of strategic economic activities, flexibility and instability of work, and a culture of real virtuality. But, alongside the transformation of capitalism and the demise of statism, there has been a powerful surge of expressions of collective identity. These challenge globalization on behalf of cultural singularity and control over life and environment.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-434) and index.
Our world, our lives -- Communal heavens: identity and meaning in the network society -- The other face of the earth: social movements against the new global order -- The greening of the self: the environmental movement -- The end of patriarchalism: social movements, family and sexuality in the information age -- A powerless state? -- Informational politics and the crisis of democracy -- Conclusion: Social change in the Network society.