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050	0	0	_aHM851 _b.D843 2012
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100	1		_aDuff, Alistair S _d1961- _964832
245	1	2	_aNormative theory of the information society
260			_aLondon _bRoutledge _c2012
300			_aix,157p. _c25 cm.
440			_aRoutledge research in information technology and society _v13 _964833
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [131]-150) and index.
520			_a"There is a clear need for a systematic, integrative, and rigorous normative theory of the information society. In this book, Duff offers a prescriptive theory to help to guide the academic and policy communities as they debate the future shape of emerging post-industrial, information-based societies. He argues that information policy needs to become anchored in a left-liberal philosophy which foregrounds a feasible permutation of the core ideals of freedom, equality and brotherhood. The information society, if it is to be worth having at all, cannot be allowed to be largely the outcome of the free play of market forces and technological determinism. The social structure, including the information economy, must be subjected to a regulatory axiological system as explicated by some leading proponents of social democracy"--
650		0	_aInformation society. _964834
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. _2bisacsh _964835
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. _2bisacsh _964836
650		7	_aCOMPUTERS / Information Technology. _2bisacsh _964837
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