The Age of Discontinuity: Guidelines to Our Changing Society

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ISBN: 9781560006183 | 1560006188
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Copyright: 1/30/1992

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The closing decades of the twentieth century have been characterized as a period of disruption and discontinuity in which the structure and meaning of economy, polity, and society have been radically altered. In this volume, Drucker focuses with great clarity and perception on the forces of change that are transforming the economic landscape and creating tomorrow's society.

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Introduction to the Transaction Edition
Preface to the 1983 Edition
Preface to the Original Edition
The Knowledge Technologies
The End of Continuity	p. 3
The New Industries and Their Dynamics	p. 11
The New Entrepreneur	p. 42
The New Economic Policies	p. 58
From International to World Economy
The Global Shopping Center	p. 77
Making the Poor Productive	p. 102
Beyond the "New Economics"	p. 137
A Society of Organizations
The New Pluralism	p. 171
Toward a Theory of Organizations	p. 188
The Sickness of Government	p. 212
How Can the Individual Survive?	p. 243
The Knowledge Society
The Knowledge Economy	p. 263
Work and Worker in the Knowledge Society	p. 287
Has Success Spoiled the Schools?	p. 311
The New Learning and the New Teaching	p. 334
The Politics of Knowledge	p. 349
Does Knowledge Have a Future?	p. 372
Conclusion	p. 381
Index	p. 384
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