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The new production of knowledge : the dynamics of science and research in contemporary societies

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
eBook, English, 1994
SAGE Publications, London, 1994
Aufsatzsammlung
1 online resource (ix, 179 pages)
9781446221853, 9781446265871, 9781283881357, 1446221857, 1446265870, 1283881357
692612609
1. Evolution of Knowledge Production
2. The Marketability and Commercialisation of Knowledge
3. Massification of Research and Education
4. The Case of the Humanities
5. Competitiveness, Collaboration and Globalisation
6. Reconfiguring Institutions
7. Towards Managing Socially Distributed Knowledge
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English