Tabla de Contenidos: “…Final reflections: Towards an inclusive and sustainable Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa -- EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGIES TO PREVENT EXACERBATION OF EXISTING INEQUALITIES -- THE NEED FOR INCLUSIVE, ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION -- GOVERNANCE AND REGULATION OF 4IR TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACT IN SOCIETY -- SKILLS, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SECTOR CAPACITY REQUIRED FOR THE 4IR -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Back cover…”

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“…Geoffrey Swain provides a concise yet thorough overview of the revolution and the path to civil war. By looking, with fresh perspectives, on the causes of the revolution, as well as the international response, Swain provides a new interpretation of the events of 1917, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the revolution…”

“…Digital technology has transformed society to serve people from manufacturing needs to smart cities, from network connectivity to people connectivity. …”

“…The French Revolution, therefore, is analysed as a key event in a global history that seeks to account for the shifting spatial organization of societies on a transregional scale…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Prologue: the net and the self -- The information technology revolution -- The new economy: informationalism, globalization, networking -- The network enterprise: the culture, institutions, and organizations of the informational economy -- The transformation of work and employment: networkers, jobless, and flex-timers -- The culture of real virtuality: the integration of electronic communication, the end of the mass audience, and the rise of interactive networks -- The space of flows -- The egde of forever: timeless time -- Conclusion: the network society…”

“…Ronald Inglehart's earlier book, "The Silent Revolution" (Princeton, 1977), broke new ground by discovering a major intergenerational shift in the values of the populations of advanced industrial societies. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Hendrickson -- America and the other revolutions : neutrality and non-engagement in Latin America and Greece / Yannis Stivachtis -- The United States, the monroe doctrine and international society / Paul Sharp -- Slaves, Indians, and European legal formalism in 19th century America / Christopher R. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 5: Human Development: Health and Education -- Introduction -- Health -- Education -- Conclusion -- Suggested Readings -- Questions -- Chapter 6: Science and Technology Policy: IT and Social Change -- A Historical Background -- Science and Technology: The Post-Independence Period -- Agricultural Research -- Meteorological Services -- Atomic Energy -- The Indian Space Programme10 -- Information Technology and its implications -- Background -- Information Technology: The Growth Story -- Telephone Sector -- The Internet -- E-Commerce: Applying IT to Trade and Commerce -- E-Governance: Applying IT to Governance -- Information Technology and the Law -- Information Technology, Development and Democracy -- Conclusion -- Suggested Readings -- Questions -- Part II: Society -- Chapter 7: The Changing Social Structure in Contemporary India -- Caste in the Colonial Period -- What is an Indian Social Structure? …”

“…The author casts new light not only on the short lived educational revolution of the sixteenth century but also on education in other societies, both past and present…”

“…In fact, contemporary movements aim to deepen the fundamental values ​​of the "democratic revolution", that is to say, the principles of freedom and equality. …”

“…The aim of the contemporary movements is to augment the fundamental values of the "democratic revolution", namely the principles of freedom and equality. …”

“…"The proclamation of Belarusian independence on March 25, 1918, and the rival establishment of the Soviet Belarusian state on January 1, 1919 created two distinct and mutually exclusive national myths, which continue to define contemporary Belarusian society. This book examines the processes that resulted in this dual resolution in the context of the First World War and the subsequent Russian Revolutions. …”

“…This book traces the essence of the Islamist Revolution from its origins in Egypt, through Najf, Lebanon, Iran and the Iranian Revolution to today. …”
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