Information Technology: A Luddite Analysis (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780893913434)

Drawing widely on sociological, economic, and political theory cominbined with detailed attention to technical, business, and sociological evidence, this critical scholarly work offers a comprehensive analysis both of the significance of computing and communications technologies and the nature of contemporary society. This study argues that information technology, in association with the spread of corporate capitalism and the modern state, represents the extension and consolidation of control within the workplace and out into the wider society. The book includes detailed historical, empirical, and theoretical analysis which are crucial for an understaning of the new information technologies.

Author: Frank Webster, Kevin Ribons, Unknown
ISBN-10: 089391343X
ISBN-13: 9780893913434
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1986
Pages: 398
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d