Consequences of Information

Jannis Kallinikos, Professor in the Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics, UK

• Contents: 1. Organizations, Information, Networks 2. Technology Design and Social Systems 3. Information Growth as a Self-Referential Process 4. Excursus on Meaning, Purpose and Information 5. Networks Revisited 6. Addendum on Networks and Institutions 7. The Organizational Order of Modernity 8. Epilogue on Technology and Institutions References Index

'Kallinikos' forceful and elegantly written book draws on an impressively wide range of perspectives from information theory, social science and organization theory. It should be of interest to scholars seeking a comprehensive understanding of how technology is involved in the making of social and institutional forms. . . Kallinikos' rare combination of approaches to his subject - not only switching between or digging beneath various academic fields, but even when necessary placing himself in an integrative position above specific fields - should make this an important contribution. . .'