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Power of Identity: With a New Preface

By: Series: The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture ; Vol. IIPublication details: West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley - Blackwell Publishers, 2010Description: 538ISBN:
  • 9781405196871
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48409 CAS
Summary: In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics associated with the technological transformation of our societies and with the globalization of the economy. Extensive new preface examines how dramatic recent events have transformed the socio-political landscape of our world Applies Castells' hypotheses to contemporary issues such as Al Qaeda and global terrorist networks, American unilateralism and the crisis of political legitimacy throughout the world A brilliant account of social, cultural, and political conflict and struggle all over the world Analyzes the importance of cultural, religious, and national identity as sources of meaning for people, and its implications for social movement Throws new light on the dynamics of global and local change
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Book Book Alliance School of Liberal Arts 303.48409 CAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available LA04746
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In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics associated with the technological transformation of our societies and with the globalization of the economy.
Extensive new preface examines how dramatic recent events have transformed the socio-political landscape of our world
Applies Castells' hypotheses to contemporary issues such as Al Qaeda and global terrorist networks, American unilateralism and the crisis of political legitimacy throughout the world
A brilliant account of social, cultural, and political conflict and struggle all over the world
Analyzes the importance of cultural, religious, and national identity as sources of meaning for people, and its implications for social movement
Throws new light on the dynamics of global and local change

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