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Book
11 Feb 1998
TL;DR: The final volume in Manuel Castells' trilogy as mentioned in this paper is devoted to processes of global social change induced by interaction between networks and identity, focusing on Africa, on urban poverty, and on children's plight.
Abstract: From the Publisher: The final volume in Manuel Castells' trilogy is devoted to processes of global social change induced by interaction between networks and identity. He 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, polarization, and social exclusion throughout the world, focusing on Africa, on urban poverty, and on children's plight. He documents the formation of a global criminal economy that deeply affects economies and politics in many countries. He analyzes the political and cultural foundations of the emergence of the Asian Pacific as the most dynamic region in the global economy. And he reflects on the contradictions of European unfication, proposing the concept of the network state. In the general conclusion of the trilogy, included in this volume, Castells draws together the threads of his arguments and his findings, presenting a systematic interpretation of our world in this end of millennium.

1,044 citations




Book
01 Jan 1998
TL;DR: The final volume in Manuel Castells' trilogy as mentioned in this paper is devoted to processes of global social change induced by interaction between networks and identity, focusing on Africa, on urban poverty, and on children's plight.
Abstract: From the Publisher: The final volume in Manuel Castells' trilogy is devoted to processes of global social change induced by interaction between networks and identity. He 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, polarization, and social exclusion throughout the world, focusing on Africa, on urban poverty, and on children's plight. He documents the formation of a global criminal economy that deeply affects economies and politics in many countries. He analyzes the political and cultural foundations of the emergence of the Asian Pacific as the most dynamic region in the global economy. And he reflects on the contradictions of European unfication, proposing the concept of the network state. In the general conclusion of the trilogy, included in this volume, Castells draws together the threads of his arguments and his findings, presenting a systematic interpretation of our world in this end of millennium.

71 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: A rejoinder: On power, identities and culture in the network society as discussed by the authors, a rejoinder for the power, identity, and culture of network society. New Political Economy: Vol 3, No. 3, pp. 473-483.
Abstract: (1998). A rejoinder: On power, identities and culture in the network society. New Political Economy: Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 473-483.

28 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the need to diffuse technological applications throughout society, beyond the limits of corporate uses and military equipment, to match the extraordinary development of technological innovation, and the lack of social conditions for Silicon Valley's entrepreneurs to constitute themselves into a visionary class able to restructure society around its interests, coinciding with the interests of development of such a technological innovation.
Abstract: Ten years ago, Silicon Valley was the leading pole in the world of high technology development and was headed for a potential regional crisis. Two major issues were at stake: first, “the applications gap,” the need to diffuse technological applications throughout society, beyond the limits of corporate uses and military equipment, to match the extraordinary development of technological innovation; and second, the lack of social conditions for Silicon Valley's entrepreneurs to constitute themselves into a visionary class able to restructure society around its interests, coinciding with the interests of development of such a technological innovation. The industry had to become demand-driven, rather that supply-induced.Today, the Valley has rebounded and repositioned itself, without fulfilling the conditions of this “social” model. Uses of information technology exploded in all realms, along the lines of networking activities. But how to explain this phenomenon? The answer lies in the research and theorizati...

6 citations