Conversations with Manuel Castells

Martin Ince Manuel Castells

ISBN 10: 0745628494 / ISBN 13: 9780745628493

Published by Polity Press, 2003

pp. 184. Seller Inventory # 18365635

Synopsis:

In a series of conversations Manuel Castells, one of the world's best known social scientists, explains and expands his work. He builds on his earlier thinking, opening it to new audiences and taking it into new areas in a highly accessible way.

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• Manuel Castells explains and expands his work in a series of conversations with British journalist Martin Ince.
  
• Castells builds on his earlier work, opening it to new audiences, and taking it into new areas in a highly accessible way.
  
• Includes new thinking on social organisations and identity; new areas of innovation, including biotechnology and nanotechnology; education, knowledge and culture; and his analysis of areas of the world (Africa, Russia, Europe, the Americas and Asia) of which he has specialist knowledge.
  
• Contains a detailed biography of Castells and a bibliography of his voluminous scholarly work.

About the Author: Manuel Castells is Professor of Sociology and Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, and Professor of the Information Society at the Open Catalan University (UOC), in Barcelona.

Martin Ince is a freelance journalist and contributing editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement where he was formerly deputy editor. This is his eighth book..

Bibliographic Details

Title: Conversations with Manuel Castells
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New