Design And Determination
Subtitle: The Role Of Information Technology In Redressing Regional Inequities In The Development Process (Voices in Development Management)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: September 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780754610991
Subjects: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; Information technology; Economic aspects; Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Social aspects; Business/Economics; Regional economic disparities; Politics - Current Events; City & town planning - architectural aspects; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Regional & Area Planning; Development - Business Development; Information Management; Globalization
First sentence: The relationship between new information technologies, globalisation and social exclusion has become a focus for discussion amongst the major social theorists of the contemporary period (Castells, 1996, 1997, 2000; Giddens, 1999, Ohmae, 1995).