PHYSICS 102 Lecture 16:
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Castells (a) the rise of the network society. End of second millennium: major trends of change: Political transformation: end of soviet union & communism. End historical challenge to capitalism + end cold war & reduction risk nuclear war + change global geopolitics. Economic transformation: restructuration capitalism, still on-going, featured by: Empowering capitalism at the expense of labour (decline trade unions) Women enter paid labour force (however still discrimination) (p. 2) Rise of the asian pacific as dominant manufacturing center. Transformation of russia and eastern europe in market economies. Uneven socio-economic development: not only north-south but within societies. Technological revolution: new communication system = universal digital language. Improvement women"s conditions critics patriarchalism redefinition relationships between women, men & children (p. 3) redefinition family, sexuality. Creation of social groups based on primary identities: religion, nationality, territory. Because crisis of political legitimacy, destructuring organizations, fade-away major social movements. People organize their meaning around what they are not what they do.
