Managing Knowledge, Governing Society Social Theory, Research Policy and Environmental Transition Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy Series
Since the 1980s, two different paradigms have reshaped industrial societies: the Neoliberal paradigm and a Research and Innovation paradigm. Both have been conceptualized and translated into strong policies with massive economic and social consequences. They provide divergent responses to the environmental transition. The Neoliberal paradigm is based on economic models and geopolitical solutions. The Research and Innovation paradigm?s goal is to manage knowledge differently in order to reorient the evolution of society. Since the mid-1990s, a version of the Research and Innovation paradigm has led to the design of large-scale research and innovation policies. This book examines how these policies have evolved and how they can be extended and reformed to respond to present and future environmental constraints. It studies the mutation of the conception, organization and role of science and technology in the evolution of industrial societies and explores the future of these developments.
The book offers three unique lines of enquiry. The first is to focus not specifically on economics, sociology, political science or history, but on knowledge creation from an institutional and reflexive point of view. The second is to establish a convergence between the British school of science and technology studies and the research trends opened by the work of Michel Foucault. Both introduced trans-disciplinary and policy-oriented research associating case studies, long-term perspectives and theory. The third is to consider climate change as the overwhelming challenge of our time.
The book is an insightful guide for students, scholars and researchers across the humanities and social sciences, including philosophy, political science, law, economics, business and media.
1. Introduction: Epistemic mutations 2. Managing knowledge, governing society 3. Systemic disruptions, systemic responses 4. The Neoliberal paradigm and beyond 5. The emergence of a Research and Innovation paradigm 6. The Research and Innovation paradigm. The case of Japan 7. A new version of the Research and Innovation paradigm 8. Reflexive processes, governing models 9. Conclusion. The fifth sphere, new modernity
Alain-Marc Rieu is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Lyon – Jean Moulin (France) and Visiting Professor at the Center for Collaborative Design, Osaka University.
Date de parution : 05-2023
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 11-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
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Mots-clés :
Social Economic System; Managing Knowledge; Biophysical Environment; Governing Society; Social Structure; Neoliberal paradigm; Civil Society; Research and Innovation paradigm; National Innovation System; industrial societies; Innovation Paradigm; environmental transition; economic models; Social System; geopolitical solutions; Long Term Recession; evolution of society; Advanced Industrial Societies; innovation policies; School Of Science And Technology; research policies; United States; knowledge creation; Environmental Constraints; British school of science and technology studies; Energy Policy; Michel Foucault; Fukushima Catastrophe; climate change; Central Government; political science; Epistemic Sphere; Reflexive Processes; Triple Helix; Substitution Principle; Social Organization; Energy Sources; Technology Policy; Nis Concept