The Network Society

  • The Network Society
    By Darin Barney

    In their influential book Manufacturing Matters, Stephen Cohen and John Zysman (1987: 261) contended that 'There is no such thing as a post-industrial economy.' In the view of these authors and others (see Woodward 1980), ...

  • The Network Society: A New Context for Planning
    By Louis Albrechts, Seymour Mandelbaum

    A New Context for Planning Louis Albrechts, Seymour Mandelbaum. the readers' attention on events and ... Sometimes geohistorical readers blatantly resist being conscripted the way planner-authors desire. In the end, Eckstein concludes: ...

  • The Network Society
    By Jan van Dijk

    The Network Society; the essential guide to the past, current consequences and future of digital communication, remaining an accessible, comprehensive, must-read introduction to how new media function in contemporary society.

  • The Network Society
    By Jan van Dijk

    Fully revised, this Third Edition covers crucial new issues and updates. This book remains an accessible, comprehensive, must-read introduction to how new media function in contemporary society.

  • The Network Society: Social Aspects of New Media
    By Professor Jan A G M van Dijk

    Through a synthesis of contemporary theories about modernization, this book offers a broad-ranging introduction to the 'network' society in all its aspects.

  • The Network Society
    By Jan van Dijk

    Individuals, groups and organizations shape a society that is built on, and linked by, social and media networks. This goes for all subsystems of society. One increasingly uses the phrase 'network(ed) or platform economy' (Parker et al.

  • The Network Society
    By Darin Barney

    The remainder of the present chapter will be devoted to elaborating the nature of the network form and the broad attributes of the societies to which it lends shape. Networks Networks are comprised of three main elements: nodes, ...

  • The Network Society: Economic Development and International Competitveness as Problems of Social
    By Dirk Messner

    the existence of "institutionally rich societies"TM in East and West a convergence of the two systems. ... through goal-directed action in a network, to shaping the structures in a social subsystem; this collective goal-directed action ...

  • The Network Society: A Cross-cultural Perspective
    By Manuel Castells

    Manuel Castells - one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists - has drawn together a stellar group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in...

  • The Network Society: From Knowledge to Policy
    By Manuel Castells, Gustavo Cardoso

    This book explores the patterns and dynamics of the network society through its policies. Topics range from the knowledge economy, based on technology and innovation, to organizational reform and modernization...

  • The Network Society
    By Darin Barney

    Providing a clear and comprehensive introduction to the concept of a network society, this text examines the social, political and economic implications of network technologies and their application across a wide range of practices and ...

  • The Network Society: A Cross-cultural Perspective
    By Manuel Castells

    Manuel Castells has drawn together a group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity.

  • The Network Society: A New Context for Planning
    By Louis Albrechts, Seymour Mandelbaum

    This book is essential reading for graduate level courses in urban studies, city and regional planning, and urban design.