Public Policy in Knowledge–Based Economies – Foundations and Frameworks Rooney

Public Policy in Knowledge-Based EconomiesFoundations and Frameworks\nAuthor(s): David Rooney, Greg Hearn, Thomas Mandeville, Richard Joseph\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781840643404, 978-1840643404\nSynopsis\nKnowledge 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 analysed 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.