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Public policy in knowledge-based economies : foundations and frameworks / David Rooney ... [and others].
Lippincott Library HC79.I55 P83 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New horizons in public policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information policy--Economic aspects.
- Information policy.
- Knowledge, Sociology of.
- Political planning.
- Information society.
- Knowledge management.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 181 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1. What is knowledge? 1
- Data, Information and Knowledge 2
- Knowing and Acting 3
- A Knowledge Array 6
- Economic Dynamics of Knowledge 8
- Distributed Knowledge as a Complex System 10
- 2. Defining the knowledge economy 16
- An Early History of Knowledge and Technology 17
- Industrialization 18
- The Rise of Post-industrial Society 19
- Existing Socioeconomic Analyses of Knowledge 22
- Economics and the Information Economy 25
- The Information Sector Approach 32
- Measuring Knowledge Activities 35
- 3. The global context of the knowledge economy 39
- Globalization
- Initial Considerations 40
- Global Knowledge Industries
- Dynamics of Production 41
- Global Consumption and Cultural Knowledge 46
- Culture and Knowledge 49
- 4. Complexity and changing knowledge systems 56
- Knowledge Systems 56
- Traditional Views of System Change 57
- Complex Systems Approach to Change 58
- The Trajectory of Systems in Complex Turbulence 61
- A View of Technology and Innovation Analysis 65
- Conventional Model of Innovation 66
- Informational Model of Innovation 66
- Complexity Perspectives on Innovation 69
- Policy Principles for Innovation, Adaptation and Cohesion 72
- 5. Micro contexts: decisionmaking and risk 77
- Decisionmaking 77
- Culture and the Risk Society 80
- Communication and Risk 82
- Credibility 84
- Change 86
- Culture, Identity and Policy 89
- A Grounded Framework for Knowledge Policy 90
- Risk, Institutions, Culture and Communication 90
- Change and Coherence 93
- Identity 94
- 6. Foundations for knowledge-related policy 97
- National Knowledge Structures 97
- External Structures 97
- Internal Structures 99
- Individual Competence 101
- Historical Case Studies 104
- 7. Beyond information policy 110
- Image 110
- Considerations on Knowledge, Public Policy and Policymaking 113
- Decisionmaking in the Context of Formulating Policy 113
- Knowledge and the Policy Process 114
- Information Policy: Definition and Its Problems 115
- Defining Information Policy 115
- Use of Knowledge in Information Policy 116
- Information Policy and Power 117
- A Brief Historical Review 119
- Information Policy in Australia 120
- Lessons Learnt 128
- Knowledge Policies 128
- Knowledge-informed Policies 131
- 8. Knowledge policies and the role of government in the 21st century 133
- Building Blocks 133
- The Knowledge Commons 136
- Restructuring Institutions 137
- Market Mechanisms and Self-organization 138
- Mixed Models of Ownership 139
- Be Ready for and Exploit Knowledge Waves 140
- Micro-diversity 140
- Innovation, Institutions and Organization 140
- Creative Renaissance 141
- Prepare Communities for Participation 141
- Overcoming the Digital Divide 141
- Investing in Social Capital 142
- Sustainable Consumption 142
- Policymaking as System Design 143
- Provocative Images for 21st Century Knowledge Portfolios 144
- Education 144
- Culture and Community 146
- Information and Communication Technologies 147
- Science and Technology 148.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-173) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1840643404
- OCLC:
- 51587310
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