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This 12 page paper examines the concept of post-industrial society put forward by Daniel Bell in his book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting. The paper analysis this to determine if Bell's vision has been correct or if there have been divergences. The bibliography cites 13 sources.
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Society". The main theory of this book has been one that has gained a great deal of criticism, and despite the seminal work being seen as accurate even Bell himself
has changed some of his ideas in the time since the book was published, as evidenced by the revised edition released in 1999 that had an additional forward (Bell, 1999).
The basic ideas of his book are that society is going to undergo change, but that change is already happening. Post industrialism is seen as the next stage from
modernity, and has the main foundation in the movement away from manufacturing and towards the information, science and services driven sectors of the economy. The development toward this is a
logical and expected movement, he even tells us that for the developing countries the "problem ..... is how to make the transition to the post-industrial state"(Bell, 1999; x). In looking
at the way the ideas are postulated there is the use of a wide range of evidence. The use of statistics is always persuasive and these are effectively used to
demonstrate the decline in the manufacturing industries. Looking at the United States it is noted that of the national product 50% was coming form services and only 17% form manufacturing
(Bell, 1999). Post industrial society is not only changing in terms of the economy, but also the social changes with a move more towards a meritocracy due to an
increasing technocracy. The elite will be the professional, scientific and technical workers (PSTs), also known as the technocrats (Bell, 1999). The forecast seen in 1973 may have been seen
as radical at the time (Swanson, 1984). The idea of a meritocracy and the ability to ascend in society as a result of education and ability was revolutionary in a
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