Manuel Castells's technocultural epoch in The Information Age

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Manuel Castells's contribution to the theory of high-tech organization in his sociological trilogy 'The Information Age' and his claim that so-called Network Society is a discrete period in history, an epoch that incorporated that liberal individualism of the 1960s with a structural reorganization of labor, are discussed. The science-fictional nature of Castells's futurology and its potential utility as a theoretical framework for science fiction critics are analyzed.

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Sociologists, Criticism and interpretation, Works, Castells, Manuel, The Information Age (Book)

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Wheat futures

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Agricultural diversification is an important component in maintaining a reliable worldwide food supply. Researchers in Hungary are studying different production, storage and processing systems aimed at resuscitating several underutilized varieties of wheat. Diversity can protect the world's grain supplies from being eradicated by single instances of blight or predation.

Hungary, Management, Agriculture, Economic aspects, Environmental aspects, Agricultural policy, Biological diversity, Biodiversity, Wheat, Wheat industry

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Uniformity: it's am S, M, L world after all

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Teenagers from foreign countries are questioned about their fashion preferences to determine the globalization of clothing styles. Germany, Italy, Sweden, Brazil, Spain and Romania are among the countries represented.

Cover Story, Clothing and dress, Fashion, Clothing

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