Post-industrial society
A post-industrial society is a proposed name for an economy that has undergone a specific series of changes in structure after a process of industrialization.
Such societies are often marked by
- a rapid increases in the size of the service sector, as opposed to manufacturing,
- and an increase in the amount of information technology, often leading to a "Information Age". Information, knowledge and creativity are the new raw materials of such an economy.
Post-industrial society has often been a term of criticism, with many seeking to restore industrial development. Increasingly, however, citizens are seeing abandoned old factories as sites for new housing, shopping, recreational, and commercial development opportunities.
fr:économie post-industrielle