Creating the Market University

Zusatztext "This is a well-written and meticulously researched book that can be recommended to everyone interested in science and technology policy. Berman's thesis that the late 1970s and early 1980s were a turning point in American R&D policy is provocative and worthy of debate." ---Martin Kenney, Technology & Culture Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Popp Berman is assistant professor of sociology at the University at Albany! State University of New York. Zusammenfassung American universities serve as economic engines, performing the scientific research that can create new industries, drive economic growth, and keep the United States globally competitive. This title sheds light on how knowledge and politics intersect to structure the economy.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Berman, Elizabeth Popp Berman, Berman Elizabeth Popp, Elizabeth Popp Berman
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2011
• EAN: 9780691147086
• ISBN: 978-0-691-14708-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 242 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; USA, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, SCIENCE / Research & Methodology, EDUCATION / Finance, United States of America, USA, Educational strategies & policy, universities, Higher education, tertiary education, Scientific research, Science Funding & Policy, Science funding and policy, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Funding of education & student finance, Funding of education and student finance