The Rise of The Network Society - Volume 1

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface to the 2010 Edition
Acknowledgements 2000
Acknowledgements 1996
Prologue: The Net and The Self
Technology, Society, and Historical Change
Informationalism, Industrialism, Capitalism, Statism: Modes of Development and Modes of Production
Informationalism and Capitalist Perestroyka
The Self in The Informational Society
A Word on Method

1 The Information Technology Revolution:
Which Revolution?
Lessons From The Industrial Revolution
The Historical Sequence of The Information Technology Revolution
Micro-Engineering Macro Changes: Electronics and Information
The Creation of The Internet
Network Technologies and Pervasive Computing
The 1970s Technological Divide
Technologies of Life
Social Context and The Dynamics of Technological Change
Models, Actors, and Sites of The Information Technology Revolution
The Information Technology Paradigm

2 The New Economy: Informationalism, Globalization, Networking:
Productivity, Competitiveness, and The Informational Economy
The Productivity Enigma
Is Knowledge-Based Productivity Specific To The Informational Economy?
Informationalism and Capitalism, Productivity and Profitability
The Historical Specificity of Informationalism
The Global Economy: Structure, Dynamics, and Genesis
Global Financial Markets
Globalization of markets for Goods and Services: Growth and Transformation of International Trade
Globalization Versus Regionalization
The Internationalization of Production: Multinational Corporations and International Production Networks
Informational Production and Selective Globalization of Science and Technology
Global Labour
The Geometry of the Global Economy: Segments and Networks
The Political Economy of Globalization: Capitalist Restructuring, Information Technology, and State Policies
The New Economy

3 The Network Enterprise: The Culture, Institutions, and Organizations of The Informational Economy:
Organizational Trajectories in The Restructuring of Capitalism and in The Transition From Industrialism to Informationalism
From Mass Production to Flexible Production
Small Business and The Crisis of The Large Corporation: Myth and Reality
"Toyotism": Management-Worker Cooperation, Multifunctional Labor, Total Quality Control, and Reduction of Uncertainty
Interfirm Networking
Corporate Strategic Alliances
The Horizontal Corporation and Global Business Networks
The Crisis of The Vertical Corporation Model and The Rise of Business Networks
Networking the Networks: The Cisco Model
Information Technology and The Network Enterprise
Culture, Institutions, and Economic Organization: East Asian Business Networks
A Typology of East Asian Business Networks
Japan
Korea
China
Culture, Organizations and Institutions: Asian Business Networks and The Developmental State
Multinational Enterprises, Transnational Corporations, and International Networks
The Spirit of Informationalism

4 The Transformation of Work and Employment: Networkers, Jobless, and Flextimers:
The Historical Evolution of Employment and Occupational Structure in Advanced Capitalist Countries: The G-7, 1920-2005
Postindustrialism, The Service Economy, and The Informational Society
The Transformation of Employment Structure, 1920-1970 and 1970-1990
The New Occupational Structure
The Maturing of The Informational Society: Employment Projections into The Twenty-First Century
Summing Up: The Evolution of Employment Structure and Its Implications For A Comparative Analysis of The Informational Society
Is There A Global Labor Force?
The Work Process in The Informational Paradigm
The Effects of Information Technology On Employment: Toward A Jobless Society?
Work and The Informational Divide: Flextimers
Information Technology and The Restructuring of Capital-Labor Relations: Social Dualism Or Fragmented Societies?
Appendix A: Statistical Tables For Chapter 4
Appendix B: Methodological Note and Statistical References

5 The Culture of Real Virtuality: The Integration of Electronic Communication, The End of The Mass Audience, and The Rise of Interactive Networks:
From The Gutenberg Galaxy To The Mcluhan Galaxy: The Rise of Mass Media Culture
The New Media and The Diversification of Mass Audience
Computer-Mediated Communication, Institutional Control, Social Networks, and Virtual Communities
The Minitel Story: L'état Et L'amour
The Internet Constellation
The Interactive Society
The Grand Fusion: Multimedia As Symbolic Environment
The Culture of Real Virtuality

6 The Space of Flows:
Advanced Services, Information Flows, and The Global City
The New Industrial Space
Everyday Life in The Electronic Cottage: The End of Cities?
The Transformation of Urban Form: The Informational City
America's Last Suburban Frontier
The Fading Charm of European Cities
Third Millennium Urbanization: Megacities
The Social Theory of Space and The Theory of The Space of Flows
The Architecture of The End of History
Space of Flows and Space of Places

7 The Edge of Forever: Timeless Time:
Time, History, and Society
Time As The Source of Value: The Global Casino
Flextime and The Network Enterprise
The Shrinking and Twisting of Life Working Time
The Blurring of Lifecycle: Toward Social Arrhythmia?
Death Denied
Instant Wars
Virtual Time
Time, Space, and Society: The Edge of Forever
Conclusion: The Network Society
Summary of Contents of Volumes II and III
Bibliography
Index