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Mobility, migration and the Chinese scientific research system / Koen Jonkers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jonkers, Koen.
- Series:
- Routledge contemporary China series.
- Routledge contemporary China series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Research--China.
- Research.
- Science and state--China.
- Science and state.
- Research, Industrial--China--Employees--Economic conditions.
- Research, Industrial.
- Research, Industrial--China--Employees--Social conditions.
- China--Emigration and immigration.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- China's rise is having a large impact on the global science system. The internalisation of this system in the past two decades would not have been possible without the outbound and especially the return flows of overseas Chinese scientists. This book explores their impact combining macro-level institutional and statistical analysis with an account of how the research culture has changed at the operational level. The theoretical framework used departs from the human capital approach, by building on literature from migration studies and evolutionary theories of the science system. It presents
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The transformation of the Chinese research system; 3 The evolution of the molecular life sciences in China; 4 Support for international research collaboration; 5 The outbound tide: Students and scientists leaving China; 6 Trends in international collaboration; 7 The returning tide: Returned scientists; 8 The role of returnees in the changing of the Chinese research culture; 9 Conclusions; Annexes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-99417-3
- 1-136-99418-1
- 1-282-58701-3
- 9786612587016
- 0-203-85495-0
- 9780203854952
- OCLC:
- 609859027
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