Information Society and its Manifestations: Economy, Politics, Culture

The book provides a compilation of idiosyncratic manifestations of information society in techno-economic, political and cultural spheres. The contributors focus on the increasing complexity within information societies and allow a better understanding of conceptualizations and definitions of information society and related concepts.

Autorentext

Borut Ron evi is Professor of Sociology and Jean Monnet Chair at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo mesto and the School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica. His main research interests are sociological theory, regional innovation systems and information society. Matev Tomi is a political sociologist and Professor at the School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica. His research interests include character of elites, quality of governance, political culture, and democratization. He has been engaged in several international research projects on these topics.

Inhalt

Perspectives of Information Society Information Society and Rationality Path-Dependence and Path-Creation in the Information Society Networking of Business Elite in the Information Society Trust and Participation in the Information Society Instrumental Identities and Information Society Cognitive Processes and Information Technology in Education