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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781050103321

Autore

Andersson Jenny <1974->

Titolo

The library and the workshop [[electronic resource] ] : social democracy and capitalism in the knowledge age / / Jenny Andersson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8047-7292-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

330.12/6094

Soggetti

Mixed economy - Europe

Human capital - Europe

Knowledge, Sociology of

Europe Economic conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Dilemmas of Social Democracy; 2 The Political Economy of Knowledge; 3 Defining Old and New Times: Origins of the Third Way; 4 Capitalism?; 5 Politics of Growth; 6 Knowledge Societies; 7 Investing in People; 8 Creating the Knowledge Individual; 9 The Future of Social Democracy: Epilogue; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the way that social democracy makes sense of a new economic and social order based on knowledge.