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Reconceptualizing development in the global information age / edited by Manuel Castells, Pekka Himanen. - First edition. - xix, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-351) and index.

Models of development in the global information age : constructing an analytical framework / Manuel Castells and Pekka Himanen -- The Silicon Valley model : economic dynamism, social exclusion / Anna Lee Saxenian -- Reconstructing the Finnish model 2.0 : building a sustainable development model? / Pekka Himanen -- Toward a welfare state 2.0? The crisis and renewal of the European welfare state / Manuel Castells, Isidora Chacón, and Pekka Himanen -- Development as culture : human development and information development in China / You-tien Hsing -- South African informational development and human development : rights vs. capabilities / Nico Cloete and Alison Gillwald -- Development, democracy, and social change in Chile / Fernando Calderón and Manuel Castells -- Pacificism, human development, and informational development : the Costa Rican model / Isidora Chacón -- Rethinking human development / Fernando Calderón -- Dignity as development / Pekka Himanen.

ISBN: 9780198716082 0198716087

LCCN: 2014939578

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB461389 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016741878 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Information technology--Economic aspects.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Culture and globalization--Technological innovations.
Tecnologías de la información --Aspectos económicos
Tecnologías de la información--Aspectos sociales
Cultura y globalización --Innovaciones tecnológicas

LC Class. No.: HC 79 / R311 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 303.4833