POL S 410
INFORMATION SOCIETY
A. Post-industrialism 1. Labor Shift: production to service 2. Robotic production 3. Communications Revolution "McWorld" & cultural sovereignty a. Computers b. Satellites c. Fiber optics 4. Knowledge as power a. Mode of production vs. Mode of information b. Technocracy or global village? B. Post-industrialism & sustainability 1. Moving molecules and photons 2. Clean production or shadow ecologies? 3. Accountability in the global economy