Microelectronics and Society

(partial) Introduction: a new industrial revolution or just another technology?, A. King

The technology, T.R. Ide

The technology applied, R. Curnow & S. Curran

The impact on the enterprise, B. Lamborghini

The worker and the workplace, J. Evans

Microelectronics and macroeconomics, G. Friedrichs

A Third World perspective, J.F. Rada

Microelectronics in war, F. Barnaby

Information technology and society, K. Lenk

Microelectronics and world interdependence, A. King

Occupation versus work, A. Schaff

Through automation and miniaturisation, microelectronics has vast potential for thrusting society into a new phase. It promises to revolutionise the information handling aspects of our lives. But to gain maximum benefit from this breakthrough, microelectronics must be harnessed to society's needs. To help this process a multidisciplinary group of authors has prepared a report to the Club of Rome on the likely impact of microelectronics on our futures

For general readers interested in societal change and particularly managers, trade unionists, social scientists and information technologists