This book is an exploration of the new forms of social movements and protests that are erupting in the world today, from the Arab uprisings to the indignadas movement in Spain, and the Occupy Wall Street movement in the US. While these and similar social movements differ in many important ways, there is one thing they share in common: they are all interwoven inextricably with the creation of autonomous communication networks supported by the Internet and wireless communication. In this timely and important book, Manuel Castells – the leading scholar of our contemporary networked society – examines the social, cultural and political roots of these new social movements, studies their innovative forms of self–organization, assesses the precise role of technology in the dynamics of the movements, suggests the reasons for the support they have found in large segments of society, and probes their capacity to induce political change by influencing people’s minds. Based on original fieldwork by the author and his collaborators as well as secondary sources, this book provides a path–breaking analysis of the new forms of social movements, and offers an analytical template for advancing the debates triggered by them concerning the new forms of social change and political democracy in the global network society.
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"A timely and important book … [Castells′] claims are powerful, his prose captivating and the examples he uses are fascinating." e–International Relations
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Manuel Castells is University Professor and Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication Technology and Society at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, as well as Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Planning, University of California, Berkeley. He has published 26 books including the trilogy "The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture", translated in 22 languages, and "Communication Power". He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the British Academy, the Academia Europaea, and the Spanish Royal Academy of Economics. He was a founding board member of the European Research Council. He was awarded the 2012 Holberg Prize from the Parliament of Norway.
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MC is the leading authority on this subject and the author of 26 books. He chronicles the protests of the Arab spring, the indignadas in Spain and the Occupy Wall Street movements, and includes valuable Appendices with chronologies of each. Arguably these movements were preceeded several years ago by the Tanker Drivers' Strike in which mobile phones were used to coordinate the drivers' movements, and in which the country was rapidly brought to its knees, but which did not involve the internet.
The results of the recent protests have not lived up to the hopes they aroused with civil war ensuing or the army taking control. Recent authors such as Gladwell or Morisov (The Net Delusion) have challanged the importance of the Net as they have been infiltrated and mirrored by Governments. But this is a timely and important book by the leading scholar in the field and deserves to be read by everyone.
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The results of the recent protests have not lived up to the hopes they aroused with civil war ensuing or the army taking control. Recent authors such as Gladwell or Morisov (The Net Delusion) have challanged the importance of the Net as they have been infiltrated and mirrored by Governments. But this is a timely and important book by the leading scholar in the field and deserves to be read by everyone.
Rating: 5 out of 5.
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This book is quite academic in places. Don't let the first chapter put you off. What shines through is both Castells' academic rigour and his thirst for justice for the people of all the world. But most of all his faith that people can still pull off change towards ideals. Especially but not entirely young people. He fully appreciates the rising influence of women even in countries where Islam is prominent. And he delineates what is different about this new crowd action brought about by and for individuals through the new media of mobile phones and internet, compared to the collective action taken in the 20th century inspired by and for ideologies.
As those old ideologies have corrupted and died to the point where socialism is a dirty word and former members of trotskyite factions are now busy flogging off the nhs to merry international bankers, Castells sees what is coming forward to take its place. Some things stay the same - once people realise they can only ever be governed by consent because there are more of us than them then Mubarak is finished in a similar way to how ceaucescu or marie antoinette was finished, albeit he escaped with his life.
But the level of education and technical savvy of the member of the new social movements is new as is their disinterest in hierarchies and ideologies. Social media is their model of the world - individuals coming together and moving apart as suits them and not central control and crude unquestioning dependence upon a wise leader.
Perhaps Castell risks being set up as an old fashioned wise leader but he is clear that he is only freely contributing like everyone else.we cannot afford to give up on hope for all its failings no matter who where or how old we are. We can make a better world.
As those old ideologies have corrupted and died to the point where socialism is a dirty word and former members of trotskyite factions are now busy flogging off the nhs to merry international bankers, Castells sees what is coming forward to take its place. Some things stay the same - once people realise they can only ever be governed by consent because there are more of us than them then Mubarak is finished in a similar way to how ceaucescu or marie antoinette was finished, albeit he escaped with his life.
But the level of education and technical savvy of the member of the new social movements is new as is their disinterest in hierarchies and ideologies. Social media is their model of the world - individuals coming together and moving apart as suits them and not central control and crude unquestioning dependence upon a wise leader.
Perhaps Castell risks being set up as an old fashioned wise leader but he is clear that he is only freely contributing like everyone else.we cannot afford to give up on hope for all its failings no matter who where or how old we are. We can make a better world.
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The 21st century is shaping up to be an entirely different kettle of fish than the previous one and the dynamism of current times is leaving the establishment in all corners of the world- but particularly the western one- looking decidedly jaded, beaten and on the wrong side of history.
Castell's book approaches this period of dynamic, global change through the paradigm of human-technological networks and does it with an academic vigour that is also accessible and infectious. There is a sense that The People are waking up, and sensing that through solidarity, true democracy is achievable. Throw into the mix a developing libertarian ethos on both the left and the right, and we are entering very interesting- if potentially unpredictable- times indeed. How the elite will react to this is anybody's guess- the indications so far are time-worn in their combination of head-in-the-sand short termism and both passive and aggressive violence, but as this book shows the anarchic Age of the Network is upon us, and if we use it correctly and imaginatively, we can all be very much more empowered.
Castell's book approaches this period of dynamic, global change through the paradigm of human-technological networks and does it with an academic vigour that is also accessible and infectious. There is a sense that The People are waking up, and sensing that through solidarity, true democracy is achievable. Throw into the mix a developing libertarian ethos on both the left and the right, and we are entering very interesting- if potentially unpredictable- times indeed. How the elite will react to this is anybody's guess- the indications so far are time-worn in their combination of head-in-the-sand short termism and both passive and aggressive violence, but as this book shows the anarchic Age of the Network is upon us, and if we use it correctly and imaginatively, we can all be very much more empowered.
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