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  • Rupture

    The Crisis of Liberal Democracy

    by Manuel Castells ...
    Translated by Rosie Marteau ...
    The majority of citizens in the world today do not trust their political representatives, the mainstream political parties, the established political institutions or their governments. This widespread crisis of legitimacy underlies a series of dramatic changes that have taken place in recent times in the global political landscape, such as the unexpected election of Donald Trump, Brexit, the ... Read more

    $12.00 USD

  • Networks of Outrage and Hope

    Social Movements in the Internet Age

    by Manuel Castells ...
    Networks of Outrage and Hope 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, from the Occupy Wall Street movement to the social protests in Turkey, Brazil and elsewhere. While these and similar social movements differ in many important ways, there is one thing they share in common ... Read more

    $28.00 USD

  • Mobile Communication and Society

    A Global Perspective

    by Manuel Castells, Mireia Fernandez-Ardevol, Jack Linchuan Qiu, Araba Sey ...
    Series series Information Revolution and Global Politics
    How wireless technology is redefining the relationship of communication, technology, and society around the world—in everyday work and life, in youth culture, in politics, and in the developing world.Wireless networks are the fastest growing communications technology in history. Are mobile phones expressions of identity, fashionable gadgets, tools for life—or all of the above? Mobile Communication ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Europe's Crises

    Edited by Manuel Castells, Olivier Bouin, Joao Caraça, Gustavo Cardoso, John Thompson, Michel Wieviorka ...
    Today, the European Union is facing a crisis as serious as anything it has experienced since its origins more than half a century ago. What makes this so serious is that it is not a single crisis but rather multiple crises – the euro crisis, the migration/refugee crisis, Brexit, etc. – that overlap and reinforce one another, creating a cumulative array of challenges that threatens the very ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • The New Latin America

    by Manuel Castells, Fernando Calderón ...
    Translated by Ramsey McGlazer ...
    Latin America has experienced a profound transformation in the first two decades of the 21st century: it has been fully incorporated into the global economy, while excluding regions and populations devalued by the logic of capitalism. Technological modernization has gone hand-in-hand with the reshaping of old identities and the emergence of new ones.The transformation of Latin America has been ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • National Identity and State Formation in Africa

    Edited by Manuel Castells, Bernard Lategan ...
    This book examines how the interplay between globalization and the assertion of local identities is reshaping the political landscape of Africa. While defending their values against external forces, people simultaneously – and paradoxically – use the interconnectivity of global networks to maximize their particular interests. Focusing on the relation between national identity and state formation, ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Reconceptualizing Development in the Global Information Age

    Edited by Manuel Castells, Pekka Himanen ...
    The conditions in which 'development'--the process by which people, individually and collectively, enhance their capacities to improve their lives according to their values and interests--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, ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Another Economy is Possible

    Culture and Economy in a Time of Crisis

    by Manuel Castells ...
    Throughout the Western world, governments and financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of business as usual, but the economic, social and human damage inflicted by the crisis has given rise to a reconsideration of the inevitability of unfettered capitalism as a fact of life. A number of economic practices and organizations emerged in Europe and ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Piracy Cultures

    How a Growing Portion of the Global Population Is Building Media Relationships Through Alternate Channels of Obtaining Content

    by Manuel Castells, Gustavo Cardoso EDS ...
    Piracy CulturesEditorial IntroductionMANUEL CASTELLS1University of Southern CaliforniaGUSTAVO CARDOSOLisbon University Institute (ISCTE-IUL)What are "Piracy Cultures"? Usually, we look at media consumption starting from a media industry definition. We look at TV, radio, newspapers, games, Internet, and media content in general, all departing from the idea that the access to such content is made ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Critical Education in the New Information Age

    by Manuel Castells, Ramón Flecha, Paulo Freire, Henry A. Giroux, Donaldo Macedo, Paul Willis ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire
    Essays by some of the world's leading educators provide a revolutionary portrait of new ideas and developments in education that can influence the possibility of social and political change.The authors take into account such diverse terrain as feminism, ecology, media, and individual liberty in their pursuit of new ideas that can inform the fundamental practice of education and promote a more ... Read more

    $43.79 USD

  • Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam

    Politics, Culture, and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization

    by Manuel Castells, Renate Holub, Krishan Kumar, Paul Lubeck, Laurence Michalak, Tariq Modood, Hala Mustafa, Agha Saeed, Bassam Tibi0, Michel Wieviorka1 ...
    Series series Transnational Perspectives on Space and Place
    Five centuries after the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Spain, Europe is once again becoming a land of Islam. At the beginning of a new millennium, and in an era marked as one of globalization, Europe continues to wrestle with the issue of national identity, especially in the context of its Muslim citizens. Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam brings together distinguished scholars from Europe, the ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets!

    Transmedia Organizing and the Immigrant Rights Movement

    by Sasha Costanza-Chock ...
    An exploration of social movement media practices in an increasingly complex media ecology, through richly detailed cases of immigrant rights activism.For decades, social movements have vied for attention from the mainstream mass media—newspapers, radio, and television. Today, many argue that social media power social movements, from the Egyptian revolution to Occupy Wall Street. Yet, as Sasha ... Read more

    $20.99 USD