Bob McDaniel wrote:
> Worthwhile post. Sounds like a useful contribution to the task of
> identifying structural changes associated with the information age.
>
> Tom Walker wrote:
>
> > PERELMAN, MICHAEL. Class warfare in the information age. New York: St.
> > Martin's Press, 1998, Pp. 154. $35.00. ISBN 0-312-17758-5.
> >
> > Examines the reciprocal relationship between class structure and
> > information technology. Considers the extravagant claims about the
> > revolutionary nature of the coming information age. Contends that, for
> > the most part, the information technologies are not being applied to
> > improve the quality of life; rather, they are being used to perfect
> > command and control processes, often at the expense of the wellbeing of
> > workers. Examines information and the control of the labor process,
> > arguing that information processes should be used to develop and engage
> > the technological potential of all employees. Describes the
> > contradiction of exploited informational labor: that command and control
> > management is self-defeating under conditions where a single error in a
> > massive computer program can cause a disaster. Explains why the use of
> > information as a commodity necessitates a more intrusive government to
> > protect intellectual property rights. Indicates how the new information
> > technologies are also used to exert control of the general population
> > outside of the workplace. Analyzes how the growth of intellectual
> > property rights undermines the growth of science and technology, thereby
> > restricting the potential of the information economy. Demonstrates that
> > markets are poorly equipped to manage the production and exchange of
> > information. Suggests ways that the technologies of the supposed
> > information revolution could be turned to good purpose. Perelman is
> > Professor of Economics at California State University, Chico.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Tom Walker
> > www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/worksite.htm
>
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