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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781953803321

Titolo

The age of knowledge [[electronic resource] ] : the dynamics of universities, knowledge & society / / edited by James Dzisah, Henry Etzkowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-283-31067-8

9786613310675

90-04-21103-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Studies in critical social sciences ; ; v. 37

Altri autori (Persone)

DzisahJames

EtzkowitzHenry <1940->

Disciplina

378.01

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Social aspects

Education, Higher - Social aspects

Knowledge, Sociology of

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

pt. 1. Knowledge, globalization and identity -- pt. 2. Knowledge innovation, governance and policy -- pt. 3. Universities, intermediate actors and the knowledge economy.

Sommario/riassunto

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. As the development of knowledge continues to be implicated in the habitual practices of the human social enterprise, visualizing these alterations requires the consideration of the social and materialistic contexts informing these transformations. This is necessary because the process of globalization has not only created new challenges for societies but has also unleashed a new political economy of knowledge within which different institutions must re-affirm their identity and place.