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The rise of the network society

Autor: Castells, Manuel

Written by one of the worlds leading social thinkers and researchers The Rise of the Network Society is the first of three linked investigations of contemporary global, economic, political and social change.In this volume Castells analyses the structural changes to the global economy that took place from the 1970s to 1990s. He describes the `new economy`, which he claims is based on `a new mode of development, informationalism, of which networking is a critical attribute`. In this new

`Informational Economy` a firm`s competitiveness is dependent on its knowledge of technology, information, and access to networks. The new economy is defined by a `transformation of work and employment`. This concept implies that there is higher unemployment in countries where technology is scarce. The uneven development of new technology leads to `social polarization and social exclusion`. This concept describes an increase in equality across nations due to globalization and an uneven distribution of technology, and thus networking opportunities and lower competitiveness

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