The Information Society in Europe: Work and Life in an Age of Globalization

Author:   Ken Ducatel ,  Juliet Webster ,  Werner Herrmann ,  Gerhard Bosch
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
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9780847695904


Pages:   332
Publication Date:   15 March 2000
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Ken Ducatel ,  Juliet Webster ,  Werner Herrmann ,  Gerhard Bosch
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9780847695904


ISBN 10:   0847695905
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   15 March 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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An important collection that demonstrates why European scholars have taken a leading role in the debate about the social dimensions of the revolution in information and communication technologies. Looking beyond the technology of the day, the contributions address enduring issues of significance to policy and practice in Europe and the world. -- William H. Dutton, University of Southern California, author of Society on the Line I recommend that Americans read this book to better understand why Europeans resist following their American counterparts into a homogenized technological world. * Journal of Communication * There are three major strengths. First, it addresses IS topics that have been neglected, including work, healthcare, learning, democracy, and gender. Second, the contributors come from various fields, including geographers, sociologists, education and technology specialists. Third, it is a goldmine of potential research topics. This book can be used in many disciplinary classes and also interdisciplinary seminars. * Progress In Human Geography * This book illustrates neatly the broadness and pervasiveness of the concept of `Information Society' by bringing together a variety of contributions on social and societal aspects of new information and communication technologies (ICTs). The flexibility of ICT use remains a characteristic emphasis of the European debate, which has been particularly rich in insights applicable to the global context. This timely volume brings to the forefront the underlying social and societal choices that face policy makers-and, for that matter, businesses-in this information age. -- Luc Soete, Maastrict Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, Maastrict University


An important collection that demonstrates why European scholars have taken a leading role in the debate about the social dimensions of the revolution in information and communication technologies. Looking beyond the technology of the day, the contributions address enduring issues of significance to policy and practice in Europe and the world. -- William H. Dutton, University of Southern California, author of Society on the Line I recommend that Americans read this book to better understand why Europeans resist following their American counterparts into a homogenized technological world. Journal Of Communication There are three major strengths. First, it addresses IS topics that have been neglected, including work, healthcare, learning, democracy, and gender. Second, the contributors come from various fields, including geographers, sociologists, education and technology specialists. Third, it is a goldmine of potential research topics. This book can be used in many disciplinary classes and also interdisciplinary seminars. Progress In Human Geography This book illustrates neatly the broadness and pervasiveness of the concept of 'Information Society' by bringing together a variety of contributions on social and societal aspects of new information and communication technologies (ICTs). The flexibility of ICT use remains a characteristic emphasis of the European debate, which has been particularly rich in insights applicable to the global context. This timely volume brings to the forefront the underlying social and societal choices that face policy makers--and, for that matter, businesses--in this information age. -- Luc Soete, Maastrict Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, Maastrict University


This book illustrates neatly the broadness and pervasiveness of the concept of Information Society by bringing together a variety of contributions on social and societal aspects of new information and communication technologies (ICTs). The flexibility of ICT use remains a characteristic emphasis of the European debate, which has been particularly rich in insights applicable to the global context. This timely volume brings to the forefront the underlying social and societal choices that face policy makers and, for that matter, businesses in this information age.--Luc Soete


An important collection that demonstrates why European scholars have taken a leading role in the debate about the social dimensions of the revolution in information and communication technologies. Looking beyond the technology of the day, the contributions address enduring issues of significance to policy and practice in Europe and the world. -- William H. Dutton, University of Southern California, author of Society on the Line I recommend that Americans read this book to better understand why Europeans resist following their American counterparts into a homogenized technological world. * Journal of Communication * There are three major strengths. First, it addresses IS topics that have been neglected, including work, healthcare, learning, democracy, and gender. Second, the contributors come from various fields, including geographers, sociologists, education and technology specialists. Third, it is a goldmine of potential research topics. This book can be used in many disciplinary classes and also interdisciplinary seminars. * Progress In Human Geography * This book illustrates neatly the broadness and pervasiveness of the concept of ‘Information Society’ by bringing together a variety of contributions on social and societal aspects of new information and communication technologies (ICTs). The flexibility of ICT use remains a characteristic emphasis of the European debate, which has been particularly rich in insights applicable to the global context. This timely volume brings to the forefront the underlying social and societal choices that face policy makers—and, for that matter, businesses—in this information age. -- Luc Soete, Maastrict Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, Maastrict University


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Ken Ducatel is currently seconded to the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Sevilla, Spain, from his post as senior lecturer in the Management of New Technology at PREST, the University of Manchester, UK. Juliet Webster is a research fellow in the employment research unit at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Werner Herrmann is unit head in the directorate general for education and culture of the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, and visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

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