Three Lectures on Post-Industrial Society

Name: Three Lectures on Post-Industrial Society
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ISBN: 9780262033831

ISBN-10: 0262033836

ISBN-13: 9780262033831

Edition: 2008

Authors: Daniel Cohen, William McCuaig

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In this pithy and provocative book, noted economist Daniel Cohen offers his analysis of the global shift to a post-industrial era. If it was once natural to speak of industrial society, Cohen writes, it is more difficult to speak meaningfully of post-industrial "t;society."t; The solidarity that once lay at the heart of industrial society no longer exists. The different levels of large industrial enterprises have been systematically disassembled: tasks considered nonessential are assigned to subcontractors; engineers are grouped together in research sites, apart from the workers. Employees are left exposed while shareholders act to protect themselves. Never has the awareness that we all…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/29/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 120
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Daniel Cohen is Professor of Economics at the ï¿½cole Normale Supï¿½rieure and the Universitï¿½ de Paris-I. A member of the Council of Economic Analysis of the French Prime Minister, he is the author of The Wealth of the World and the Poverty of Nations, Our Modern Times: The Nature of Capitalism in the Information Age, Globalization and Its Enemies, and Three Lectures on Post-Industrial Society, all published by the MIT Press.



Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Era of Ruptures



The New World Economy



Is There a European Social Model?


Conclusion


Notes


Index