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The Network Society - University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />

List <strong>of</strong> Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii<br />

List <strong>of</strong> Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix<br />

Notes on Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi<br />

Acknowledgments from President Jorge Sampaio . . . . . . . . . . xvii<br />

Editor’s Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix<br />

Part I: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>Society</strong>: From Knowledge to Policy<br />

Chapter 1<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>Society</strong>: from Knowledge to Policy . . . . . . . . . 3<br />

Manuel Castells<br />

Chapter 2<br />

Societies in Transition to the <strong>Network</strong> <strong>Society</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />

Gustavo Cardoso<br />

Part II: <strong>The</strong> Knowledge Economy, Technology,<br />

Innovation, Productivity, Competitiveness: <strong>The</strong> New<br />

Productive Economy<br />

Chapter 3<br />

Information, Technology and the World Economy . . . . . . . 71<br />

Dale W. Jorgensen and Khuong M. Vu<br />

Chapter 4<br />

Innovation, Technology and Productivity:<br />

Why Europe Lags Behind the United States and Why<br />

Various European Economies Differ in Innovation<br />

and Productivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125<br />

Luc Soete

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