Manuel Castells : the theory of the network society / Felix Stalder.

By:

Stalder, Felix

Series: Key contemporary thinkersPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2006.Description: x, 255 p. ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780745632773
0745632777

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HM851 .S73 2006

Contents:

1: Transformation of baselines -- Neo-Marxism and the renewal of urban sociology -- Technology and social change -- Informationalism -- Epistemology -- The politics of research -- 2: Production -- Postindustrialism -- The economic crisis of the 1970s -- Internationalization of the economy -- Global financial markets -- The network enterprise -- Individualization of labor -- Informational capitalism: critical issues -- 3: Experience -- Social movements as subjects of history -- Social movements beyond the local -- Social movements and the creation of identity -- Two case studies -- Social movements and the culture of real virtuality -- 4: The network state and informational politics -- The theory of the state -- The crisis of the nation-state -- Informational politics -- The reaffirmation of the state -- The rise of the network state? -- Power and networks -- 5: Flows and places -- Castells's theory of space -- The space of flows -- The time of flows -- Cities in the space of flows -- 6: The logic of networks -- What is a network? -- Informational networks -- The network logic -- Preeminence of morphology over action.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	American University in Dubai	American University in Dubai	Non-fiction	Main Collection	HM 851 .S73 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		5164671

Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-251) and index.

1: Transformation of baselines --
Neo-Marxism and the renewal of urban sociology --
Technology and social change --
Informationalism --
Epistemology --
The politics of research --
2: Production --
Postindustrialism --
The economic crisis of the 1970s --
Internationalization of the economy --
Global financial markets --
The network enterprise --
Individualization of labor --
Informational capitalism: critical issues --
3: Experience --
Social movements as subjects of history --
Social movements beyond the local --
Social movements and the creation of identity --
Two case studies --
Social movements and the culture of real virtuality --
4: The network state and informational politics --
The theory of the state --
The crisis of the nation-state --
Informational politics --
The reaffirmation of the state --
The rise of the network state? --
Power and networks --
5: Flows and places --
Castells's theory of space --
The space of flows --
The time of flows --
Cities in the space of flows --
6: The logic of networks --
What is a network? --
Informational networks --
The network logic --
Preeminence of morphology over action.

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