 The Power of Identity: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, Volume II, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 978-1-4051-0713-6
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560 pages
October 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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The Power of Identity is the second volume of Manuel Castells trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture. It deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics associated with the technological transformation of our societies and with the globalization of the economy.
* A brilliant account of social, cultural and political conflict and struggle all over the world.
* Analyzes the importance of cultural, religious and national identity as sources of meaning for people, and its implications for social movement.
* Throws new light on the dynamics of global and local change.
* New sections have been added on Al Qaeda and global terrorist networks, on the anti-globalization movement, American unilateralism and the conflicts of global governance, the crisis of political legitimacy throughout the world and the theory of network states.
* A brilliant account of social, cultural and political conflict and struggle all over the world.
* Analyzes the importance of cultural, religious and national identity as sources of meaning for people, and its implications for social movement.
* Throws new light on the dynamics of global and local change.
* New sections have been added on Al Qaeda and global terrorist networks, on the anti-globalization movement, American unilateralism and the conflicts of global governance, the crisis of political legitimacy throughout the world and the theory of network states.
