Public policy in knowledge-based economies
Subtitle: foundations and frameworks
By: David Rooney ... [et al.].
Contributors: Rooney, David, 1959-
Series: New horizons in public policy
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Northhampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Information policy -- Economic aspects; Knowledge, Sociology of; Political planning; Information society; Knowledge management
Description: "Knowledge is a product of human social systems and, therefore, the foundations of the knowledge-based economy are social and cultural. Communication is central to knowledge creation and diffusion, and Public Policy in Knowledge-Based Economies highlights specific social and cultural conditions that can enhance the communication, use and creation of knowledge in a society."

"The purpose of this book is to illustrate how these social and cultural conditions are identified and analysed through new conceptual frameworks. Such frameworks are necessary to penetrate the surface features of knowledge-based economies - science and technology - and disclose what drives such economies."

"This book will provide policymakers, analysts and academics with the fundamental tools needed for the development of policy in this little understood and emerging area."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.