The second twentieth century [[electronic resource] ] : how the information revolution shapes business, states, and nations / / Jean-Jacques Rosa

• Autore: Rosa Jean Jacques
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/33
• Soggetto topico: Economic history - 1945-; Social history - 1945-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Jean-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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The second twentieth century
• ISBN: 0-8179-4743-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786347003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II