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The New Production of Knowledge: The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies

The New Production of Knowledge: The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies

Name: The New Production of Knowledge: The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Michael Gibbons
ISBN: 9780803977945

Michael Gibbons

21/07/1994
Sage Publications Ltd

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de The New Production of Knowledge: The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies par Michael Gibbons

Résumé

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. Identifying features of the new mode of knowledge production - reflexivity, transdisciplinarity, heterogeneity - the authors show how these features connect with the changing role of knowledge in social relations. While the knowledge produced by research and development in science and technology is accorded central concern, the