The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies

_x005F_x000D_ The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies explores the questions: _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ how and to what extent do socioeconomic structures, institutions, and actors change under the influence of new technologies? _x005F_x000D_ how do they react to technology-induced pressures to change? _x005F_x000D_ what patterns do they adopt?_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ The book provides practical tools for analyzing and classifying exceptional periods of substantial socio-technical change.