Mats Benner

Knowledge, Markets and the State

New Global Politics of Science

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Providing an in-depth and cutting-edge investigation into the rise of Asian research practices and paradigms, Mats Benner examines how this rise has been accomplished, what effects it has had, and how it has shaped universities across seven Asian countries.

Universities and State Building

Asia’s Rising Research Dominance

ÔThis outstanding book examines whether and how the finance-led growth model can be transformed. The authorsÕ insightful analyses make significant contributions to our understanding of the global economic crisis since 2008 and the search for possible new paths beyond the crisis.Õ Ð Stein Kuhnle, University of Bergen, Norway and Hertie School of Governance, Germany ÔThis book sheds a powerful light on the current uncertainty of the world economy. Indispensable reading for understanding the roots of the crisis and the possible ways out.Õ Ð Carlota Perez, Technological University of Tallinn, Estonia and London School of Economics, UK This timely and far-reaching book addresses the long-term impact of the recent global economic crisis. New light is shed on the crisis and its historical roots, and resolutions for a more robust, resilient future socio-economic model are prescribed. Leading experts across a range of field including macroeconomics, politics, economic history, social policy, linguistics and global economic relations address key issues emerging from the crisis. They consider whether a new era in interactions between state, society and markets is actually dawning, and whether the finance-led economic growth model will be transformed into a new and more stable model. The role of the crisis in economy, polity and society, in shaking up existing institutional regimes and in paving the way for new ones is also discussed. Post-crisis combinations of state-society-economy relations are identified, and the question of whether the crisis has led to the reconsideration of economic relations and their institutional embeddedness is explored. This challenging book will provide a thought provoking read for academics, students and researchers focusing on economics, political science and sociology. Policymakers in the fields of economic, industrial and social policy will also find this book to be an informative point of reference.

Economics, Politics and Settlement

Before and Beyond the Global Economic Crisis

Tony Huzzard

Dan Kärreman

With business schools becoming increasingly market-driven, questionable trends have emerged, such as the conflation of academic and corporate management, and the notion that academics and students are market players, who respond rationally to market signals. Using individual studies from leading scholars in a variety of disciplines and countries, this book identifies the global pressures behind these trends. It focuses on the debates surrounded the commercialization of business schools, and the rise of different methods of measuring their success. In their unique approach, the authors and editors discuss the impact of the confrontation between the timeless values embodied by Minerva, the Roman goddess of Wisdom, and the hard realities of competition and corporatization in modern society. This book will be compelling reading for students and academics in critical management studies, organizational studies, public management and higher education, as well as for stakeholders in academia and educational policy.

Minerva Meets the Market

The Corporatization of the Business School

Johan Rockström

Lars Trägårdh

Jesper Strömbäck

Nima Sanandaji

Klas Eklund

Bo Rothstein

Qaisar Mahmood

Ingela Wadbring

Emanuel Karlsten

Viveca Ax:son Johnson

Barbro Beck-Friis

Helena Jonsson

Pekka Mellergård

Tobias Nielsén

Eva Nordmark

Maria Oskarson

Mernosh Saatchi

Emma Stenström

Stina Westerberg

Peter Örn

Vad kommer människor i framtiden säga när de ser tillbaka på vår tid? Kommer de säga att vi var insiktsfulla och agerade långsiktigt? Eller kommer de säga att vi inte förstod? Att vi inte insåg vilka möjligheter som framtiden erbjöd? Kommer vi framstå som föredömen eller som avskräckande exempel? Svaren är så klart omöjliga att veta: hur det blir är upp till framtiden att avslöja. Samtidigt påverkas svaren av hur vi agerar i nuet. De formas av i vilken utsträckning vi har förmågan att identifiera vilka utmaningar och möjligheter som väntar och hur dessa bäst ska mötas. Den här boken handlar därför om olika framtida samhällsutmaningar som Sverige står inför inom områden som arbetsmarknad, demokrati, företagande, globalisering, integration, integritet, klimat och miljö, kultur, medier, omsorg och vård, politiskt ledarskap, religion, stadsplanering och utbildning. Tillsammans tecknar kapitlen en karta över det nya Sverige. Redaktör för boken är professor Jesper Strömbäck, huvudsekreterare i regeringens Framtidskommission.

Framtidsutmaningar : Det nya Sverige

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