附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. The Theory of the Network Society -- 1. Informationalism, Networks, and the Network Society : A Theoretical Blueprint / Manuel Castells -- Part II. The Cultural and Institutional Diversity of the Network Society -- 2. Institutional Models of the Network Society : Silicon Valley and Finland / Pekka Himanen and Manuel Castells -- 3. The Russian Network Society / Elena Vartanova -- 4. The Internet in China : Technologies of Freedom in a Statist Society / Jack Linchuan Qiu -- 5. Reflexive Internet? : The British Experience of New Electronic Technologies / Steve Woolgar -- Part III. The Network Economy -- 6. Why Information Should Influence Productivity / Marshall Van Alstyne and Nathaniel Bulkley -- 7. Labor in the Network Society : Lessons from Silicon Valley / Chris Benner -- 8. Time, Space, and Technology in Financial Networks / Caitlin Zaloom -- Part IV. Sociability and Social Structure in the Age of the Internet -- 9. Networked Sociability Online, Off-line / Keith N. Hampton -- 10. Social Structure, Cultural Identity, and Personal Autonomy in the Practice of the Internet : The Network Society in Catalonia / Manuel Castells [and others] -- 11. Racial Segregation and the Digital Divide in the Detroit Metropolitan Region / Wayne E. Baker and Kenneth M. Coleman -- Part V. The Internet in the Public Interest -- 12. The Promise and the Myths of e-Learning in Post-secondary Education / Tony Bates -- 13. e-Health Networks and Social Transformations : Expectations of Centralization, Experiences of Decentralization / James E. Katz, Ronald E. Rice, and Sophia K. Acord -- 14. Narrowing the Digital Divide : The Potential and Limits of the US Community Technology Movement / Lisa J. Servon and Randal D. Pinkett -- Part VI. Networked Social Movements and Informational Politics -- 15. Networked Social Movements : Global Movements for Global Justice / Jeffrey S. Juris -- 16. From Media Politics to Networked Politics : The Internet and the Political Process / Araba Sey and
摘要:Manuel Castells has drawn together a group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity.
