{"product_id":"manuel-castells-hardback-9780745632766","title":"Manuel Castells (Hardback) 9780745632766","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eManuel Castells\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFelix Stalder (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745632766, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 January 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16 x 2.4 cm, 0.499 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Manuel Castells holds a well-deserved place at the centre of debates over the 'information age' that he helped to name. Felix Stalder offers a sustained and careful appraisal of Castells's work, both incisively critical at some points and generously acknowledging the quality of his achievement at others.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Lyon, \u003ci\u003eQueens University, Ontario\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a very beautiful model of how one mind engages with another: Felix Stalder has seized the essence of Manuel Castells's work and its immense relevance to our time. Daring to be positively critical, Stalder enlarges and also defines Castells's arguments. Thus the book multiplies Castells by Stalder and the result is an instant expansion of the mind of the reader.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerrick DeKerckhove, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Toronto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst in-depth study of Manuell Castells pioneering work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraces Castells thought from his work on urban change in the 1970s to his recent theories of global social transformations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistills the central ideas in Castells work into an accessible and concise introduction for undergraduate students\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores Castells writings on the network society, informational capitalism and democracy in crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a critical analysis of Castells thought in relation to ongoing debates about globalization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements ix \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1: Transformation of Baseline 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeo-Marxism and the Renewal of Urban Sociology 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTechnology and Social Change 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInformationalism 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpistemology 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Politics of Research 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2: Production 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostindustrialism 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Economic Crisis of the 1970s 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternationalization of the Economy 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Financial Markets 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Network Enterprise 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndividualization of Labor 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformational Capitalism: Critical Issues 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3: Experience 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial movements as subjects of history 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial movements beyond the local 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial movements and the creation of identity 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo case studies 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial movements and the culture of real virtuality 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4: The network state and informational politics 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe theory of the state 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe crisis of the nation-state 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformational politics 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe reaffirmation of the state 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rise of the network state? 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower and networks 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5: Flows and places 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCastells's theory of space 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe space of flows 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe time of flows 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities in the space of flows 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6: The logic of networks 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is a network? 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformational networks 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe network logic 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreeminence of morphology over action 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography of Manuel Castells 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther References 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 252\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406614982936,"sku":"9780745632766","price":45.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745632766.jpg?v=1784140822","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/manuel-castells-hardback-9780745632766","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}