The Post-Industrial Society by Alain Touraine

132 Pages·2011·10.74 MB·English

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A new typeo fs ocieitsyb einbgo rnt oday
whicihs d ifferfernotma nyo thetrh aptr eceded
itT.h isp ost-indusstorciiaelit syo nei nw hich
sociarle lationshhaivpesb eent ransformed
profoundIlnhy i.sa nalysoifts h es tudemnotv e­
mentt,h en ews ocial claasnsdte hsep, r oblems
linketdot hen ewe nterpritsheeas u,t hobrr eaks
witthh eo ldc riteorfis ao ciologaincaally sis.
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tempbty a r adicsaolc iolotgoif sitna d n eww ay
tot alakb ousto ciaclon fliFcotr.m erlrya.d ical
andl ibertahli nkedresf inecdo ntentiaonnd
oppositwiiotnh ai ng ivesno ciebtyyo wnership
andw orkt;h es truggwlaes b etweetnh ec ap­
italiwshtos o wnedt hem eanso fp roduction
andt hew orkerwsh ow eres impleyx ptoited by
them.T hee nemyw asc leaarn dv isibalned,
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productiaonndt heg oodst hawte rep roduced
werem oree qualslhya red.
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Acknowledgments
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artic"lLeo isitrrasv.a islo.c ietweh.i"c ha ppeared a in
specinaulm beorf E sprdeivto tteodl eisuirne1 .9 59.
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textasn ds uggestuesde fuclo rrectiaonndas l.s too Y vette IntroducTthieoP nr:o grammed
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SocieatnydI tSso ciology 3
ovetrh em ateriparle paratoifto hni bso ok.
I Olda ndN ew SociCalla sses 27
A.T.
II TheS t udetnM ovemetn:C risis
andC onflti c 86
III TheF irmP:o werI,n stitution,
andO rganization 139
IV LeisuArcet ivitSioecsi,a l
Participaatnido n,
CulturIanln ovation 193
PostscrWihpyt S:o ciologists? 227
Index 235
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