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Author Bell, Daniel, 1919-2011.

Title The coming of post-industrial society : venture in social forecasting / Daniel Bell
Published New York : Basic Books, [1973]

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Description xiii, 507 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Social theory, 2nd edition
Contents From industrial to post-industrial society: theories of social development -- From goods to services: the changing shape of the economy -- The dimensions of knowledge and technology: the new class structure of post-industrial society -- The subordination of the corporation: the tension between the economizing and sociologizing modes -- Social choice and social planning: the adequacy of our concepts and tools -- "Who will rule?" Politicians and technocrats in the post-industrial society -- Coda: An agenda for the future: How social systems change; the future of science; meritocracy and equality; the end of scarcity; culture and consciousness
Notes With a new introduction by the author
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Forecasting.
Social history -- 20th century.
Social prediction.
SUBJECT United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140518
LC no. 72089178
ISBN 0465012817