Includes index.

Pt. 1. Society.
Ch. 1. From capitalism to knowledge society.
Ch. 2. The society of organizations.
Ch. 3. Labor, capital and their future.
Ch. 4. The productivity of the new work forces.
Ch. 5. The responsibility-based organization --
Pt. 2. Polity.
Ch. 6. From nation-state to megastate.
Ch. 7. Transnationalism, regionalism and tribalism.
Ch. 8. The needed government turnaround.
Ch. 9. Citizenship through the social sector --
Pt. 3. Knowledge.
Ch. 10. Knowledge: its economics and productivity.
Ch. 11. The accountable school.
Ch. 12. The educated person.

Business guru Peter Drucker provides an incisive analysis of the major world transformation taking place, from the Age of Capitalism to the Knowledge Society, and examines the radical affects it will have on society, politics, and business now and in the coming years. This searching and incisive analysis of the major world transformation now taking place shows how it will affect society, economics, business, and politics and explains how we are moving from a society based on capital, land, and labor to a society whose primary source is knowledge and whose key structure is the organization.