The making of a digital world [electronic resource] : the evolution of technological change and how it shaped our world / Joachim K. Rennstich.

Providing a unique, empirically based perspective on the past and future development of globalization as a long-term process emerging in different parts of the world, this book puts current changes in a historical context in a systematic fashion, unpacking the global political, economic, social, and...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Rennstich, Joachim K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Evolutionary processes in world politics series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Thinking about globalization : an introduction
  • An evolutionary theory of globalization
  • Drivers of global change : leading sectors of the informational network economy
  • Drivers of leading sector change : the role of states, organizations, and individuals
  • Drivers of leading actor change : interstate rivalry and the systemic level
  • The continuation of change of the global complex system : an outlook on its future development.