The Rise of the Network Society: With a New Preface, Volume I, Second edition With a new preface

This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with a substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. Groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information on all aspects of society Includes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economy Describes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformation Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe Content: Chapter 1 The Information Technology Revolution (pages 28–76): Chapter 2 The New Economy: Informationalism, Globalization, Networking (pages 77–162): Chapter 3 The Network Enterprise: The Culture, Institutions, and Organizations of the Informational Economy (pages 163–215): Chapter 4 The Transformation of Work and Employment: Networkers, Jobless, and Flex?Timers (pages 216–354): Chapter 5 The Culture of Real Virtuality: The Integration of Electronic Communication, the End of the Mass Audience, and the Rise of Interactive Networks (pages 355–406): Chapter 6 The Space of Flows (pages 407–459): Chapter 7 The Edge of Forever: Timeless Time (pages 460–499):