Networks of Knowledge: Collaborative Innovation in International Learning (Ipac Series in Public Management and Governance) - Hardcover

Fitzgibbon, Joy; Gross Stein, Janice; Stren, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802048447 ISBN 13: 9780802048448

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2001

Synopsis

The network is the pervasive organizational image of the new millennium. This book examines one particular kind of network - the 'knowledge network' - whose primary mandate is to create and disseminate knowledge based on multidisciplinary research that is informed by problem-solving as well as theoretical agendas. In their examination of five knowledge networks based in Canadian universities, and in most cases working closely with researchers in developing countries, the authors demonstrate the ability of networks to cross disciplinary boundaries, to blend the operational with the theoretical, and to respond to broad social processes. Operating through networks, rather than through formal, hierarchical structures, diverse communities of researchers create different kinds of knowledge and disseminate their results effectively across disciplinary, sectoral, and spatial boundaries. Analysis of networks in health, environment, urban, and educational fields suggests that old categories of 'north' and 'south' are becoming blurred, and that the new structures of knowledge creation and dissemination help to sustain collaborative research.

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About the Author

Joy Fitzgibbon is a doctoral candidate in the department of political science at the University of Toronto.

Janice Gross Stein is the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
Richard Stren is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0802048447
• ISBN 13: 9780802048448
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176