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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811848803321

Autore

Jonkers Koen

Titolo

Mobility, migration and the Chinese scientific research system / / Koen Jonkers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-99417-3

1-136-99418-1

1-282-58701-3

9786612587016

0-203-85495-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary China series

Disciplina

338.951

Soggetti

Research - China

Science and state - China

Research, Industrial - China - Employees - Economic conditions

Research, Industrial - China - Employees - Social conditions

China Emigration and immigration

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The transformation of the Chinese research system; 3 The evolution of the molecular life sciences in China; 4 Support for international research collaboration; 5 The outbound tide: Students and scientists leaving China; 6 Trends in international collaboration; 7 The returning tide: Returned scientists; 8 The role of returnees in the changing of the Chinese research culture; 9 Conclusions; Annexes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

China's rise is having a large impact on the global science system. The internalisation of this system in the past two decades would not have been possible without the outbound and especially the return flows of overseas Chinese scientists. This book explores their impact combining macro-level institutional and statistical analysis with an account of how



the research culture has changed at the operational level. The theoretical framework used departs from the human capital approach, by building on literature from migration studies and evolutionary theories of the science system. It presents