Post-Industrial Society Quiz

Alain Touraine originated the term 'post-industrial society'.

The post-industrial society is the stage of society's development when the service sector generates more wealth than the manufacturing sector of the economy.

Some common themes include the transition from the production of goods to the provision of services, the value of knowledge as capital, the importance of producing ideas for economic growth, the decline of blue-collar work, and the growth in value and prevalence of professional workers.

<p>Related sociological theoretical concepts include post-Fordism, information society, knowledge economy, post-industrial economy, liquid modernity, and network society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Daniel Bell popularized the term through his 1974 work 'The Coming of Post-Industrial Society'.</p> Signup and view all the answers