Reconceptualizing Development in the Global Information Age

The Conditions In Which Development Operates Have Significantly Changed In The Global Information Age, A Period Characterized By The Technological Revolution In Information And Communication, The Rise Of The Networking Form Of Social Organization, And The Global Interdependence Of Economies And Societies. This Volume Aims To Redefine The Means And Goals Of Development In This New Context. Models Of Development In The Global Information Age : Constructing An Analytical Framework / Manuel Castells And Pekka Himanen -- The Silicon Valley Model : Economic Dynamism, Social Exclusion / Anna Lee Saxenian -- Reconstructing The Finnish Model 2.0 : Building A Sustainable Development Model? / Pekka Himanen -- Toward A Welfare State 2.0? The Crisis And Renewal Of The European Welfare State / Manuel Castells, Isidora Chacón, And Pekka Himanen -- Development As Culture : Human Development And Information Development In China / You-tien Hsing -- South African Informational Development And Human Development : Rights Vs. Capabilities / Nico Cloete And Alison Gillwald -- Development, Democracy, And Social Change In Chile / Fernando Calderón And Manuel Castells -- Pacificism, Human Development, And Informational Development : The Costa Rican Model / Isidora Chacón -- Rethinking Human Development / Fernando Calderón -- Dignity As Development / Pekka Himanen. Edited By Manuel Castells, Pekka Himanen. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [327]-351) And Index.