Universities and the Public Sphere: Knowledge Creation and State Building in the Era of Globalization

Book Overview

Universities have been propelled into the center of the global political economy of　knowledge production by a number of factors: mass education, academic capitalism, the globalization of knowledge, the democratization of communication in the era of the Internet, and the emergence of the knowledge and innovation economy. The latest book in the International Studies in Higher Education series, Universities and the Public Sphere addresses the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415824265
• ISBN13: 9780415824262
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"