A comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Latin America today –

Taking a hard look at the crisis afflicting Western economies in recent years, Manuel Castells suggests that the very structures that fostered economic growth since 1945 are the same structures…

Throughout the Western world, governments and financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of business as usual, but the economic, social and…

In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics…

The book serves as both an excellent introduction to Manuel Castellss wide-ranging theories and an innovative critique which contributes to ongoing debates in the field. It will be of particular…

Dieser Band beschliesst zwoelf Forschungsjahre, in denen ich daran gearbeitet habe, eine empirisch fundierte, kulturubergreifende soziologische Theorie des Informationszeitalters vorzulegen. Am Ende dieser Reise, die mein Leben deut- lich gezeichnet…

This is the first systematic survey of technopoles which have become a key feature of national economic development worldwide. Their varying developments are examined critically and guidelines are offered for…

Provides the elements for a theory of spatial development to explain the socio-territorial reality produced by global restructuring in the 1970s and 1980s. The book covers topics, including: restructuring in…