This paper will examine the advantages and disadvantages of belonging to the ‘information society’. In order to do this, it will first define the term ‘information society’ and then will provide sp...
A Theory-Based View of IO
By Marc J. Romanych, MAJ, USA (Retired) Editorial Abstract: The military operates in the information environment for the same reason it operates in the physical environmen...
APPROPRIATING THE INTERNET FOR SOCIAL CHANGE:
TOWARDS THE STRATEGIC USE OF NETWORKED TECHNOLOGIES BY TRANSNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
Version 1.0
Social Science Research Council
Novembe...
DoD C4ISR Cooperative Research Program
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF
DEFENSE (C3I)
Mr. Arthur L. Money
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE ASD(C3I) & DIRECTOR, RESEARCH AND STRATEGIC PLANNING
Dr. David S. Albert...
Authority as an obstacle for personal and social development
At the end of January – beginning of February 2008 “Russia” TV-channel has two times shown the film “The Fall of the Empire. The By...
The Ultimate Banking System for Earth. A Global Non-Profit Banking System designed for the benefit of mankind, forever eliminating our current failed system. The elimination of taxation, war, greed...
Aspects on Availability
A teleological adventure of information in the lifeworld
Lieutenant Colonel, G.S. Rauno Kuusisto
National Defence College Department of Tactics and Operations Art
Series 1...
Concepts of “Civil Society” and “Public Sphere”
Dr. Trần Hữu Quang 09/03/2007 The concept of “Civil Society” has two specific meanings, one dates back to 18th century with Scottish Enlightenment th...
Information Science
Tefko Saracevic School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University, 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. E-mail: tefko@scils.rutgers.edu
Thi...
CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE CONTEXT
OF DEVELOPMENT AID
– THE CASE OF VIETNAM
Copenhagen - January 2001 Working paper Katrine Riisgaard Pedersen IKL/CBS
“CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE CONTEXT OF DEVELOPMENT AID...
MEGATRENDS
Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives
JOHN NASBITT
Main Theme
The world is in the middle of great transformation - from an industrial era to an information. However, society’s percep...
Civil Society
Contents
• 1. Definition of ‘civil society’ • 2. Civil society as part of society • 3. Civil society as a kind of society • 4. Deeds of civil society • 5. Shared interests of civil ...
This study traces the enlistment of concepts and metaphors from nonlinear science (e.g. chaos and complexity theories) by the U.S. military in its attempts to cope with the perceived demands of new...