Global Networks And Local Values

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309073103
Total Pages : 261 pages
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Download or read book Global Networks and Local Values written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-01-31 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you call it the third wave, the information revolution, or the virtually connected world, the implications of a global information network are profound. As a society, we want to forestall the possible negative impacts without closing the door to the potential benefits. But how? Global Networks and Local Values provides perspective and direction, focusing on the relationship between global information networks and local values-that is, the political, economic, and cultural norms that shape our daily lives. This book is structured around an illuminating comparison between U.S. and German approaches toward global communication and information flow. (The United States and Germany are selected as two industrialized, highly networked countries with significant social differences.) Global Networks and Local Values captures the larger context of technology and culture, explores the political and commercial institutions where the global network functions, and highlights specific issues such as taxation, privacy, free speech, and more. The committee contrasts the technical uniformity that makes global communication possible with the diversity of the communities being served and explores the prospects that problems resulting from technology can be resolved by still more technology. This thoughtful volume will be of interest to everyone concerned about the social implications of the global Internet.

Author : National Research Council (États-Unis). Committee to Study Global Networks and Local Values
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Download or read book Global Networks and Local Values written by National Research Council (États-Unis). Committee to Study Global Networks and Local Values and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christoph Engel
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Understanding the Impact of Global Networks on Local Social, Political and Cultural Values written by Christoph Engel and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opportunities and risks are twins. There are few to deny the opportunities of global networks in general and of the Internet in particular. But many fear for the concomitant risks, or what they perceive as a risk. Racist speech, pornography and personality profiling rank highest in public awareness. Some concerns are quasi universal, like child pornography. But for others there are at least differences of degree. Following its history, Germany has tabooed right wing publications. And Americans, in their majority, feel hurt by nudity, which most Germans find quite inoffensive. Such examples lure into a simplistic opposition: global values threaten local values. The reality of global networks, and of their interrelation with local values, is much more complex. This volume explores different paths for understanding global networks, local values, and their reciprocal impact. It streches from social philosophy to technology forecasting, from cultural theory to law, from systems theory to economic history, from sociology to external relations studies, from economics to political sciences. The volume collects the following papers: W. Kersting, Global Networks and Local Values -- D. Farber, Predicting the Unpredictable - Technology and Society -- P. David, The Internet and the Economics of Network Technology Evolution -- M. Hutter, The Commercialization of the Internet -- D. Baecker, Networking the Web -- M. Thompson, Global Networks and Local Cultures: What are the Mismatches? -- K. Keniston, Cultural Diversity or Global Monoculture -- M. Kahler, Information Networks and Global Politics -- R. Werle, The Impact of Information Networks on the Structure of Political Systems -- S. Sassen, The Impact of the Internet on Sovereignty -- C. Engel, The Internet and the Nation State -- L. Muller, Discussion Report.

Author : Christoph Engel
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Total Pages : 312 pages
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Download or read book Understanding the Impact of Global Networks on Local Social, Political and Cultural Values written by Christoph Engel and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christoph Engel
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Total Pages : 282 pages
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Download or read book Governance of Global Networks in the Light of Differing Local Values written by Christoph Engel and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steve Waddell
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230300464
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Action Networks written by Steve Waddell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-12-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's governments are overwhelmed with climate change, war and unrest, the global financial crisis and poverty but there is a promising invention in Global Action Networks (GANs). GANs mobilize resources, bridge divides and promote the long-term deep change and innovation work that is needed to address the global challenges.

Author : Nazli Choucri
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402060718
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping Sustainability written by Nazli Choucri and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on three interdependent challenges related to managing transitions toward sustainable development. These are: mapping sustainability for global knowledge e-networking, extending the value chain of knowledge and e-networking, and engaging in explorations of new methods and venues for further developing knowledge and e-networking. While each of these challenges constitutes fundamentally different types of endeavors, they are highly interconnected. Jointly, they contribute to our expansion of knowledge and its applications in support of transitions toward sustainable development.

Author : Saskia Sassen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134954891
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Networks, Linked Cities written by Saskia Sassen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Jeffrey Neilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317533658
Total Pages : 273 pages
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Download or read book Global Value Chains and Global Production Networks written by Jeffrey Neilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global economic system is experiencing a profound period of rapid change. The emergence of globalised production and distribution systems, which bring together diverse constellations of economic actors through a complex regime of global corporate governance, state regulation and new international divisions of labour, demands corresponding and innovative explanatory models. Global value chains (GVCs) and global production networks (GPNs) have been particularly useful as conceptual frameworks for understanding the global market engagement of firms, regions and nations. This book examines the rise of GVCs and GPNs as dominant features of the international political economy. It brings together leading thinkers in the field and sets out new directions for future scholarship in understanding the contemporary global economic system. In doing so, this book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the international political economy and the global economic system in the post-Washington Consensus era of contemporary capitalism. This book was published as a special issue of the Review of International Political Economy.

Author : Josef Wieland
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031507185
Total Pages : 255 pages
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Download or read book Cooperation in Value-Creating Networks written by Josef Wieland and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: