The Making of a Digital World: The Evolution of Technological Change and How It Shaped Our World

ISBN-13: 9781403974488 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 260 str.

Joachim K. Rennstich

Opis

This book offers a unique perspective on current changes. Describing globalization as a long-term process of intertwined technological, economic, political, and cultural changes, the author identifies distinct phases in the global system development, and concludes that the pattern of change continues even with the rise of new digital technologies.

Spis treści

Thinking About Globalization: An Introduction An Evolutionary Theory of Globalization Drivers of Global Change: Leading Sectors of the Informational Network Drivers of Leading Sector Change: The Agency and Organizational Level Drivers of Leading Sector Change: Interstate Rivalry and the Systemic Level The Continuation of Change of the Global Complex System: An Outlook on Its Future Development

O autorze

JOACHIM K. RENNSTICH is Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Fordham University, USA.