02686nam 2200553Ia 450 991078634700332120230207214730.00-8179-4743-4(CKB)2670000000276567(EBL)1370756(SSID)ssj0000756868(PQKBManifestationID)11501227(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756868(PQKBWorkID)10753999(PQKB)10298627(MiAaPQ)EBC3301875(Au-PeEL)EBL3301875(CaPaEBR)ebr10622928(CaONFJC)MIL551726(OCoLC)654727255(EXLCZ)99267000000027656720060303d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe second twentieth century[electronic resource] how the information revolution shapes business, states, and nations /Jean-Jacques RosaStanford, Calif. Hoover Institution Pressc20061 online resource (409 p.)Hoover Institution Press publication ;547Description based upon print version of record.0-8179-4742-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Part One: The Organizational Cycle; 1. The Race for Size, 1870-1960; 2. The Political Consequences of Hierarchy; 3. The Decentralizing Revolution, 1968-1989; 4. The Return of the Individual; Part Two: The Fundamental Question; 5. The Organizational Choice; 6. The Decisive Role of Information; 7. The System of Nation-States; 8. The Industry of States and the Society of Nations; Conclusion: The Rationale of History; Afterword: The Future of Terrorism, orThe Dark Side of Freedom; Bibliography; IndexJean-Jacques Rosa offers an analysis of the ""grand cycle"" in social organization of the twentieth century, showing how the transformation in communication and information technology has led to the downfall of the old political and corporate hierarchies. He explains how today's explosion of freely available information is fueling the democratic free-market revolution and reveals its universal contemporary consequences.Economic history1945-Social history1945-Economic historySocial history303.48/33Rosa Jean Jacques125819MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786347003321The second twentieth century3766538UNINA