The Age of Discontinuity: Guidelines to Our Changing Society

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Author: Peter Drucker

ISBN-10: 1560006188

ISBN-13: 9781560006183

Category: Economic History

The closing decades of the twentieth century have been characterized as a period of disruption and discontinuity in which the structure and meaning of economy, polity, and society have been radically altered. In this volume, Drucker focuses with great clarity and perception on the forces of change that are transforming the economic landscape and creating tomorrow's society.

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Introduction to the Transaction EditionPreface to the 1983 EditionPreface to the Original EditionPt. 1The Knowledge Technologies1The End of Continuity32The New Industries and Their Dynamics113The New Entrepreneur424The New Economic Policies58Pt. 2From International to World Economy5The Global Shopping Center776Making the Poor Productive1027Beyond the "New Economics"137Pt. 3A Society of Organizations8The New Pluralism1719Toward a Theory of Organizations18810The Sickness of Government21211How Can the Individual Survive?243Pt. 4The Knowledge Society12The Knowledge Economy26313Work and Worker in the Knowledge Society28714Has Success Spoiled the Schools?31115The New Learning and the New Teaching33416The Politics of Knowledge34917Does Knowledge Have a Future?372Conclusion381Index384