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A collection of volumes which brings together major critical responses to, and engagement with, the work of Manuel Castells. This work demonstrates the roots of his thinking in Marxism and…
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Manuel Castel
Inhaltsangabe: Einleitung: Gegenwartig befinden wir uns in einem wirtschaftlichen Veranderungsprozess, der in erster Linie durch die Globalisierung der Markte gepragt ist. Diese Globalisierung hat zu einer stetigen Integration nicht nur…
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Manuel Castells
This is the first systematic survey of technopoles which have become a key feature of national economic development worldwide. Their varying developments are examined critically and guidelines are offered for…
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Manuel Castells,Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells entwirft in seinem Werk eine Soziologie des Informationszeitalters. Seit seinem ersten Erscheinen 1996 in den USA hat das Werk einen beispiellosen Siegeszug durch die wissenschaftlich interessierte Leserschaft genommen.
Manuel Castells, one of the world’s leading social scientists, puts forward the case that the Internet is not just a technology, but the very fabric and backbone of the New…
How much do we know about the Internet - its history, its technology, its culture, and its uses? What are its implications for the business world and society at large…
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…
In this wide-ranging and powerful book, Castells analyses the transformation of the global media industry by the revolution in communication technologies. He argues that a new communication system, mass self-communication…
Throughout the Western world, governments and financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of business as usual, but the economic, social and…
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The cities and the regions of the world are being transformed under the combined impact of a restructuring of the capitalist system and a technological revolution. This is the thesis…
Networks of Outrage and Hope is an exploration of the new forms of social movements and protests that are erupting in the world today, from the Arab uprisings to the…
Highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society has risen on a global scale. This volume includes coverage of the influence of…
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…
This final volume in Manuel Castells’ trilogy studies the key defining processes taking place in the last decade of the 20th century as an expression of the crises resulting from…
Manuel Castells,Martin Ince
Manuel Castells is one of the world’s best-known social scientists. His work is often compared, in scope and ambition, with that of Marx or Weber. In this text, he explains…
Manuel Castell
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…
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…
Castells
A ground-breaking analysis of African state formation from world-class scholars –
Felix Stalder
The book serves as both an excellent introduction to Manuel Castellss wide-ranging theories and an innovative critique which contributes to ongoing debates in the field. It will be of particular…
Manuel Castells (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid),Manuel Castells
Im zweiten Band seiner Trilogie zeigt Castells die beiden grossen einander entgegengesetzten Trends in unserer Welt: Globalisierung und kollektive Identitatsbildung. Die Revolution der Informationstechnologie und die Erneuerung des Kapitalismus haben…
Dieser Band zeigt ausgehend vom Zerfall der Sowjetunion die Unfahigkeit zentralistischer Staatswirtschaften zur Bewerkstelligung der Transformation hin zum Informationszeitalter. Aber Ungleichheit, Polarisierung und sozialer Ausschluss als Folgen der Globalisierung zeigen…
Manuel Castells (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)
Der Band, den Sie in Handen halten, ist eine erheblich veranderte Fassung die- ses Buches, das ursprunglich im November 1996 erschienen ist. Die gegenwar- tige Version wurde im zweiten Halbjahr…
Dieser Band beschliesst zwoelf Forschungsjahre, in denen ich daran gearbeitet habe, eine empirisch fundierte, kulturubergreifende soziologische Theorie des Informationszeitalters vorzulegen. Am Ende dieser Reise, die mein Leben deut- lich gezeichnet…
David Bell
Cyberculture Theorists is the ideal starting point for anyone wanting to understand how to theorise cyberculture in all its forms. It surveys a ‘cluster’ of works that explore the cultures…
Jordi Borja,Manuel Castells
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Provides the elements for a theory of spatial development to explain the socio-territorial reality produced by global restructuring in the 1970s and 1980s. The book covers topics, including: restructuring in…
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Manuel Castells,Peter Hall
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…
Manuel Castells,Pekka Himanen
Finland has moved into the limelight of the information and communication technology world. Yet its social and cultural values and institutional arrangements are in marked contrast to Silicon Valley, another…
An academic study of what the Finnish model really is, this book explains the features and context of the Finnish Information Society. It also discusses the development of Nokia and…
Trump, Brexit, the demise of traditional political parties in Europe: all these events show that the majority of citizens globally do not trust their political representatives and institutions. In this…
The book explores the links between information, development, wellbeing and dignity, gathering together a distinguished group of scholars to assess these inter-related concepts in several different areas of the world-Silicon…
Verena Schindler
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 1,7, Universitat Augsburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In einer modernen Gesellschaft, in welcher wir leben, kann sich kaum…
Have the last two decades produced a New York composed of two separate and unequal cities? As the contributors to Dual City reveal, the complexity of inequality in New York…
Manuel Castells (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid),Francis Godard
Pekka Himanen
This text answers fundamental questions about life in the information age. In the original meaning of the word, hackers are enthusiastic computer programmers who share their work with others. In…
