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The horizontal society /

This book argues that modern technology has radically and irretrievably altered our sense of identity and hence our social, political, and legal life. In traditional societies, relationships and identities were strongly vertical: there was a clear line of authority from top to bottom, and identity w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friedman, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Meir), 1930- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The way we live now
  • A revolution of rights
  • A wealth of nations
  • Big fish and little fish : Nation against nation
  • Insiders and outsiders
  • Citizens and strangers : Legal and social definitions
  • Immigration and its discontents
  • Beyond ethnicity
  • Some concluding remarks.