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1	The Power of Identity more books like this by Manuel Castells 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 ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $18.55! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Rise of the Network Society: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, Volume I more books like this by Manuel Castells This book, the first in Castells' ground-breaking trilogy, is an account of the economic and social dynamics of the new age of information. Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, it aims to formulate a systematic theory of the information society which takes account of the fundamental effects of information technology on ... see all copies from $28.52! new only from $28.84! \| SVS
3	The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society more books like this by Manuel Castells The Web has been with us for less than a decade. The popular and commercial diffusion of the Internet has been extraordinary - instigating and enabling changes in virtually every area of human activity and society. We have new systems of communication, new businesses, new media and sources of information, new forms of political and cultural ... see all copies from $8.45! new only from $20.34! \| SVS
4	The Information Society and the Welfare State: The Finnish Model more books like this by Professor Manuel Castells, Pekka Himanen Silicon Valley has been considered as the model that societies must imitate to succeed in the information age. However, recently another alternative has attracted strong international interest: the Finnish model. This is equally dynamic in technological and economic terms, but combines the information society with the welfare state. "The ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $5.21! \| first editions \| SVS
5	End of Millennium: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture more books like this by Manuel Castells The final volume in Manuel Castells' trilogy is devoted to processes of global social change induced by interaction between networks and identity. Castells studies empirically the collapse of the Soviet Union, tracing it back to the incapacity of industrial statism to manage the transition to the Information Age. He shows the rise of inequality, ... see all copies from $19.37! new only from $27.23! \| SVS
6	Rise of the Network Society more books like this by Manuel Castells This is an account of the economic and social dynamics of the new age of information. Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America and Europe, the book aims to formulate a systematic theory of the information society which takes account of the fundamental effects of information technology on the contemporary world. The global economy is now ... see all copies from $8.80! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
7	Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspective more books like this by Professor Manuel Castells, Jack Linchuan Qiu, Mireia Fernandez-Ardevol This book discusses how wireless technology is redefining the relationship of communication, technology, and society around the world - in everyday work and life, in youth culture, in politics, and in the developing world. Wireless networks are the fastest growing communications technology in history. Are mobile phones expressions of identity, ... see all copies from $14.54! new only from $21.32! \| SVS
8	End of the Millennium more books like this by Manuel Castells The final volume of a trilogy, this title is devoted to processes of global social change induced by interaction between networks and identity. The author studies empirically the collapse of the Soviet Union, tracing it back to the incapacity of industrial statism to manage the transition to the information age. He shows the rise of inequality, ... see all copies from $4.57! new only from $57.00! \| first editions
9	Critical Education in the New Information Age more books like this by Manuel Castells, Peter McLaren, Ramon Flecha Essays by some of the world's leading educators provide a revolutionary portrait of new ideas and developments in education that can influence the possibility of social and political change. The authors take into account such diverse terrain as feminism, ecology, media, and individual liberty in their pursuit of new ideas that can inform the ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $24.55! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Network Society: From Knowledge to Policy more books like this by Professor Manuel Castells (Editor), Gustavo Cardoso (Editor) 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 in the public sector. The contributors also examine media and communication policies. Contributors include Jorge Sampaio (president of the ... see all copies from $45.42! new only from $45.42!
11 view cover	Technopoles more books like this by Professor Manuel Castells, Castells Manuel Technopoles - planned centres for the promotion of high-technology industry - have become a key feature of national economic development worldwide. Created out of a technological revolution, the formation of the global economy and the emergence of a new form of economic production and management, they constitute the mines and foundries of the ... see all copies from $15.94! new only from $49.16! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Conversations with Manuel Castells more books like this by 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. Renowned for his trilogy The Information Age, he has published widely on technology and innovation, including the Internet, planning and urban issues, identity, social movements and international ... see all copies from $13.27! new only from $13.27! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Hacker Ethic more books like this by Pekka Himanen, Linus Torvalds (Prologue by), Manuel Castells (Epilogue by) see all copies from $6.81! new only from $11.76! \| SVS
14	Global Restructuring and Territorial Development more books like this by Dr. Jeffrey Henderson (Editor), Professor Manuel Castells (Editor) The essays in this book provide the elements for a new theory of spatial development to explain the new socio-territorial reality produced by global restructuring in the 1970s and 1980s. The contributors all account for the contemporary territorial units by focusing on global economic dynamics and the history of particular places. The book looks ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $67.03!
15	The economic crisis and American society more books like this by Manuel Castells see all copies from $2.91! new only from $31.13! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Network Society: A Cross-Cultural Perspective more books like this by Professor 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 its cultural and institutional diversity. The book analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the world in terms of the ... see all copies from $35.50! new only from $43.65!
17 view cover	Work in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley more books like this by Chris Benner, Manuel Castells (Preface by) The rise of the information economy is dramatically transforming work and employment conditions around the globe. Who does the work, how it is done, and the results it produces for individuals and their families, for organizations and for society, is undergoing fundamental change. This book contributes to our understanding of the transformation of ... see all copies from $26.65! new only from $41.06! \| SVS
18 view cover	Local and Global: Management of Cities in the Information Age more books like this by Jordi Borja (Editor), Professor Manuel Castells (Editor) 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, arguing that the specific role of cities will become more important, and proposing that a dynamic and creative relationship be ... see all copies from $47.70! new only from $47.70! \| first editions
19	Dual City: The Restructuring of New York more books like this by Mr. John H Mollenkopf (Editor), Manuel Castells (Editor) see all copies from $7.42! new only from $21.67! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Informational City: Economic Restructuring and Urban Development more books like this by Manuel Castells 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 of this book, now in paperback. Castells not only brings together an impressive array of evidence to support it but puts forward a new body of theory to explain it. ... see all copies from $23.42! new only from $41.95! \| first editions \| SVS
21	La Era de La Informacion more books like this by Manuel Castells Este segundo volumen de la trilogia El PODER DE LA IDENTIDAD analiza la oleada de expresiones de identidad colectiva que desafian la globalizacion en defensa de la singularidad cultural y el control sobre la propia vida y el medioambiente. see all copies from $64.04! new only from $64.04!
22	City, Class & Power more books like this by Manuel Castells see all copies from $17.78! first editions
23	High Technology, Space, and Society more books like this by Manuel Castells The relationship between the technological revolution and the simultaneous process of worldwide urban-regional restructuring is examined in this book. Two overview chapters by Manuel Castells and Peter Hall summarize current research in the United States and Great Britain. Additional chapters examine locational patterns and regional effects of ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Informal Economy: Studies in Advanced and Less Developed Countries more books like this by Professor Alejandro Portes (Editor), Professor Lauren A Benton (Editor), Manuel Castells (Editor) see all copies from $9.85! new only from $28.44! \| SVS
25 view cover	Castells Reader Cities Social more books like this by Manuel Castells, Ida Susser (Editor) Manuel Castells, the most influential urban theorist of our time, has revolutionized modern thought on the processes of advanced capitalism and the generation of inequality. This collection of Castells' classic writing, which also includes two new essays written specifically for this book, reflects the panoramic breadth of his knowledge, the ... see all copies from $30.40! new only from $41.06! \| SVS

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