Network Society and Future Scenarios for a Collaborative Economy [electronic resource] /
Kostakis, V.author.
Bauwens, M.author.
This book builds on the idea that peer-to-peer infrastructures are gradually becoming the general conditions of work, economy, and society. Using a four-scenario approach, the authors seek to simplify possible outcomes and to explore relevant trajectories of the current techno-economic paradigm within and beyond capitalism.
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Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Theoretical Framework; 1 Capitalism as a Creative Destruction System; 2 Beyond the End of History: Three Competing Value Models; 3 The P2P Infrastructures: Two Axes and Four Quadrants; Part II Cognitive Capitalism; 4 Netarchical Capitalism; 5 Distributed Capitalism; 6 The Social Dynamics of the Mixed Model of Neo-feudal Cognitive Capitalism; Part III The Hypothetical Model of Mature Peer Production: Toward a Commons-Oriented Economy and Society; 7 Resilient Communities; 8 Global Commons
9 Transition Proposals toward a Commons-Oriented Economy and SocietyConclusions; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book builds on the idea that peer-to-peer infrastructures are gradually becoming the general conditions of work, economy, and society. Using a four-scenario approach, the authors seek to simplify possible outcomes and to explore relevant trajectories of the current techno-economic paradigm within and beyond capitalism.
Political economy.
Economic policy.
Management.
Industrial management.
Industrial management-Environmental aspects.
New business enterprises.
International Political Economy.
Economic Policy.
Innovation/Technology Management.
Sustainability Management.
Start-Ups/Venture Capital.