Bechmann u. a.: Across the Divide

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Across the Divide
Work, Organization and Social Exclusion in the European Information Society

Gotthard Bechmann, Bettina-Johanna Krings, Michael Rader (eds.)
Berlin: edition sigma, 2003 (Gesellschaft - Technik - Umwelt, Neue Folge 3), ISBN: 3-89404-933-2, 272 Seiten, 19,90 Euro

Contents

Introduction		7
I.	General Debate	11
	Technological Practices and Social Exclusion Risks in Information Society - A Conceptual Framework Gerd Schienstock	17
	Globalization, Nations and Culture in the Information Era Frank Webster	43
	Rethinking Organisation in the Information Society Ian Miles	65
	The Value of Women and Men: Gendering Knowledge and Skills in the Information Society Juliet Webster	101
II.	Social Exclusion and the Changing Nature of Work	117
	Hen or Egg? - The Relationship between IC-Technologies and Social Exclusion Bettina-Johanna Krings	123
	The Restructuring of Employment in the Information Society and its Implications for Social Protection Ursula Huws	139
	Various Risks and Opportunities for Social Groups of Workers: Research Findings Maria Luisa Mirabile and Francesca Carrera	153
	Flexible Work and Work Life Balance - Potential or Contradiction? Volker Hielscher	161
III.	Organizational Change in the Information Society	173
	Organization and Change in Information Societies - Networking, Fragmentation and their Impacts on Uncertainty Absorption Raimund Hasse	177
	Work Organisation in Industry: Practices of Use of IT in Portugal António Brandão Moniz	197
	Working in the Knowledge Economy - The Case of Multimedia Production Gerhard Fuchs	217
IV.	Information Technology and the Reconstruction of Government	235
	Internet Portals in Public Administration. The Readjustment of Information and of Administrative Practice Heinrich Reinermann	241
	Political Participation and the Internet. Opportunities and Limits of Electronic Democracy Hans Kastenholz, Gerhard Fuchs, Bernhard Bubeck	253
Authors		269

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Across the Divide Work, Organization and Social Exclusion in the European Information Society

Across the Divide
Work, Organization and Social Exclusion in the European Information Society