Public Policy in Knowledge-Based Economies: Foundations and Frameworks (New Horizons in Public Policy series) - Hardcover

Rooney, David; Hearn, Greg; Mandeville, Thomas; Joseph, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840643404 ISBN 13: 9781840643404

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

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 analyzed 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. The authors employ a trans-disciplinary approach to explore the nature of knowledge systems or environments and examine questions regarding the measurement of knowledge. Lessons are drawn from a variety of perspectives, including the history of information policy, philosophy, economic history, sociology, psychology, information economics, complex systems theory, organizational knowledge theory and political science.

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.

About this title

About the Author

David Rooney, Director, Centre for Social Research in Communication and Senior Lecturer in Business Communication, University of Queensland, Australia, Greg Hearn, Associate Professor, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Thomas Mandeville, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia and Richard Joseph, Associate Professor in Telecommunications Management, Murdoch University, Australia

Review

`. . . these authors have articulated what it is that needs to be done for a more equitable knowledge-based economy. This is a worthwhile achievement, and governments would do well to read and contemplate.' -- Bernard McKenna, Prometheus `The style is refreshing; the authors cut through a great deal of the nonsense written in recent times about "knowledge management"; and take the ball away from the IT crowd and try to give it to the social thinkers.' -- Donald M. Lamberton, Australian National University, Australia

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1840643404
• ISBN 13: 9781840643404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192