Reconfiguring knowledge production : changing authority relationships in the sciences and their consequences for intellectual innovation

Reconfiguring knowledge production : changing authority relationships in the sciences and their consequences for intellectual innovation / edited by Richard Whitley, Jochen Gläser, Lars Engwall.

Governance of the public sciences has changed since World War II, especially the funding structures, autonomy, and accountability of public research organisations, and the extent to which research is steered towards societal usefulness. This book examines these developments in several countries.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Whitley, Richard, 1944-, Gläser, Jochen, Engwall, Lars
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Research > Government policy.
Research > Government policy > Case studies.
Science and state.
Science and state > Case studies.
Technology and state.
SCIENCE > Research & Methodology.
Technology and state
Research > Government policy
Science and state
Electronic books.
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:Governance of the public sciences has changed since World War II, especially the funding structures, autonomy, and accountability of public research organisations, and the extent to which research is steered towards societal usefulness. This book examines these developments in several countries.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 387 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191591600
0191591602
9780199590193
0199590192
0191723444
9780191723445
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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