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The Information Society in Europe

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The Information Society in Europe

Work and Life in an Age of Globalization
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An examination of a range of information and communication issues at stake in the European Union, from employment and the labour market, to the domestication of technologies in households, to larger implications for political processes and democracy. Extending comparisons to other industrialized countries, it demonstrates that the information society is far too diverse and rich to be typified in simplistic dichotomies such a information "haves" and "have nots" and that simple upbeat or pessimistic responses to the new technologies are surely false messengers for the future. The authors discern general social trends and patterns in the way that these very important technologies already affect our lives and work. But they find there is still considerable room to use the technologies as a positive force for social change or, equally, to fail to take up any positive opportunities.

Author Biography:

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.
Release date NZ
March 22nd, 2000
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Contributors
  • Contributions by Andrew Gillespie
  • Contributions by Ann Jones
  • Contributions by Gerhard Bosch
  • Contributions by James Cornford
  • Contributions by Leslie Haddon
  • Contributions by Mark Hepworth
  • Contributions by Pierre Chambat
  • Edited by Juliet Webster
  • Edited by Ken Ducatel
  • Edited by Werner Herrmann
Country of Publication
United States
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield
Pages
320
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions
158x229x23
ISBN-13
9780847695898
Product ID
2448405

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