
The Age of Knowledge : The Dynamics of Universities, Knowledge & Society.
Title:
The Age of Knowledge : The Dynamics of Universities, Knowledge & Society.
Author:
Dzisah, James.
ISBN:
9789004211032
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (360 pages)
Series:
Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; v.37
Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Contents:
The Age of Knowledge -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: The Dynamics of Universities, Knowledge and Society -- PART I: KNOWLEDGE, GLOBALIZATION AND IDENTITY -- 1 Normative Change in Science and the Birth of the Triple Helix -- 2 Globalization and Scientific Research in Japan -- 3 Triple Helix or Triple Jeopardy? Universities and the Social Relations of Knowledge -- 4 The Big Shift: Science and the Universities in Crisis* -- 5 Societal Rationalization: Cultural Innovation and Knowledge Islamization in Malaysia -- 6 Gender and Identity in a Globalized World -- PART II KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION, GOVERNANCE AND POLICY -- 7 The Triple Helix of Knowledge -- 8 Crossing Boundaries: Creating, Transferring & Using Knowledge -- 9 Governing Innovation in a Knowledge Society -- 10 Public Policy Actors and the Knowledge-Based Social Order -- 11 Regionalized Health Care System in Canada: Towards a Knowledge Management Strategy -- PART III UNIVERSITIES, INTERMEDIATE ACTORS AND THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY -- 12 Facilitating Knowledge Transfer: The Role of Intermediating Organizations -- 13 Ideals and Contradictions in Knowledge Capitalization -- 14 In the Grey Area: University Research and Commercial Activity - The Case of Language Technology -- 15 Public Universities and Emerging Fuel Cell Technology: Insights from Singapore and Malaysia -- Index.
Abstract:
The Age of Knowledge emphasizes that the ongoing transformations of knowledge, both within universities and for society more generally, must be understood as a reflection of the larger changes in the constitutive social structures within which they are invariably produced, translated and reproduced.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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