This book is constructed around the work of Manuel Castells on the space of

places, the space of flows and the networked city. Following an introduction by

Castells, in which he sets out the theoretical and empirical framework to be

followed, the book features nine contributions focusing on the transformation

of the fabric of the networked city in terms of policies and social practices.

The book aims to rethink sociological perspectives on urban phenomena

through a dynamic exploration of the links between infrastructural and technological

aspects of urban order, power relations and everyday life experiences.

This reappraisal is based on contemporary trends in social theory. The

proposed perspective also avoids the immaterialisation of post-modern urban

analysis and the material determinism of the structural approach to the city.

Without elaborating on the artificial dimensions between technology and

society; between nature and culture; or between science and politics, the texts

reevaluate the role of objects and conventional elements (such as codes and

regulations) in the transformation of the city.