Manuel Castells

"In the end if the system still ‘works’ it is because women guarantee unpaid transportation... because they repair their homes, because they make meals when there are no canteens, because they spend mo…"

"This volume explores the construction of collective identities as they relate to social movements and power struggles in the network society. It also deals with the transformation of the state, politi…"

"Each ‘urban struggle’ must have its structural content specified, and be considered in terms of the role it plays vis-à-vis the various social classes involved. Then and only then will we know what we…"

"The Internet is a communication medium that allows for the first time, the communication of many to many, in chosen time, on a global scale."

"This book was born out of astonishment. At a time when the waves of the anti-imperialist struggle are sweeping across the world, when movements of revolt are bursting out at the very heart of advanced…"

"The origins of the Internet are to be found in ARPANET, a computer network set up by the Advanced Research Projects Agency in September 1969. ARPA was formed i 1958 by the Defense Department of the Un…"

"Globalisation is highly selective. It proceeds by linking up all that, according to dominant interests, has value anywhere in the planet, and discarding anything which has no value or becomes devalued…"

"Internationally, the Echelon program, created by the United States and the UK during the Cold War, seems to have been converted into industrial espionage, according to the French government agencies, …"