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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963641603321

Titolo

The new production of knowledge : the dynamics of science and research in contemporary societies / / Michael Gibbons ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, CA ; ; London, : Sage, c1994

Los Angeles, CA ; ; London : , : Sage, , 1994

ISBN

9781446228722

144622872X

9781283881357

1283881357

9780803977938

080397793X

9781446265871

1446265870

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 179 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GibbonsMichael <1939->

Disciplina

338.4/7001

Soggetti

Science - Social aspects

Knowledge, Theory of

Research

Science and state

Technology and state

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 (p.[169]-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Evolution of Knowledge Production; Chapter 2 - The Marketability and Commercialisation of Knowledge; Chapter 3 - Massification of Research and Education; Chapter 4 - The Case of the Humanities; Chapter 5 - Competitiveness, Collaboration and Globalisation; Chapter 6 - Reconfiguring Institutions; Chapter 7 - Towards Managing Socially Distributed Knowledge; Glossary; Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this provocative and broad-ranging work, the authors argue that the ways in which knowledge - scientific, social and cultural - is produced are undergoing fundamental changes at the end of the twentieth



century. They claim that these changes mark a distinct shift into a new mode of knowledge production which is replacing or reforming established institutions, disciplines, practices and policies.