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), ...
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; 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.
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.
Through a synthesis of contemporary theories about modernization, this book offers a broad-ranging introduction to the 'network' society in all its aspects.
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 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 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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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.
This book is essential reading for graduate level courses in urban studies, city and regional planning, and urban design.