Global Network Society:Global Network Society:ChinaChina

Pekka Himanen

Manuel Castells

et al.

USA- neoliberalism- 1/3 economy and continues dynamic- ½ R&D

ASIA- multinationals attraction- ~10% growth- expert educ.> EU & USA

EU- welfare state- lagging behind

POOR DEVELOPINGCOUNTRIES- marginalized- gap between the rich and poor 75:1- knowledge gap

[Figures are Goldman Sachs projections for 2050]

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Project contextProject context

• continuation to Himanen-Castells research, in which the previous phases have analyzed:

– Finland and the EU (The Information Society and the Welfare State, Oxford University Press 2002)

– Silicon Valley and the United States (Castells ed., Network Society: A Cross-Cultural Approach, London 2004)

– Singapore

• outcome of the China research 2004-2006:– a more empirically and theoretically grounded understanding

of the Chinese development, critical to business and politics– a wider understanding of the logic of the global network

society (the original theory has been largely developed based on the Western experience)