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200 10$aComputing our way to paradise?$b[electronic resource] $ethe role of internet and communication technologies in sustainable consumption and globalization /$fRobert Rattle
210   $aLanham, MD $cRowman & Littlefield$dc2010
215   $a1 online resource (247 p.)
225 1 $aGlobalization and the Environment
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7591-0948-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter  1. ICTs and Globalization: Asking Important Questions; Chapter 2. The Poverty of Affluence: Sustainable Consumption and Global Environmental Change; Chapter 3. Virtual Morality: Globalization, ICTs, and Sustainable Consumption; Chapter 4. Lulled to Complacency: ICTs and Energy and Materials Consumption; Chapter 5. The Efficiency Paradox: Intensity and Consumption; Chapter 6. From Social Meanings to Global Conformity: ICTs and the Global Commons; Chapter 7. Pathological Tendencies: The Health Link
327   $aChapter 8. Incantations and ICTs: A Global Ideological PervasionChapter 9. Redefining Reality, Transforming Values; Chapter 10. Global Transformations: Serious Considerations and Promising Opportunities; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
330   $aComputing Our Way to Paradise? challenges key assumptions concerning the role of Internet and communication technologies in globalization processes. The author argues that while globalization is predicated upon a strong, extensive, and interconnected network of products, processes, and services, the real environmental and health benefits remain far from certain.
410  0$aGlobalization and the Environment
606   $aInternet$xSocial aspects
606   $aSustainable development
606   $aInformation technology$xSocial aspects
615  0$aInternet$xSocial aspects.
615  0$aSustainable development.
615  0$aInformation technology$xSocial aspects.
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