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Description:Higher education and research are now at the centre of economic and social policy in advanced information societies. Global networks of researchers, finance, students, and policy makers invoke collaborative sociological perspectives. What it means to be an academic and to work in a technologically advanced knowledge industry has undergone transformations that cross national borders. The future of knowledge production, social development, prosperity, and the freedom of ideas are caught in the swelling of global tides. The Social Structures of Global Academia exposes readers to a variety of issues that are impacting academics across the globe. The volume includes contributions by leading social scientists and innovative research from emerging scholars. Its anchoring themes include academic ethics, the affective cultures of scholarship, changing funding structures, and social control of the currents of scholarly life.Giving readers an overview of the growing field of critical studies of academia, The Social Structures of Global Academia will appeal to students and scholars seeking to understand more of the burgeoning field of critical sociologies of higher education; and general readers interested in contemporary knowledge about universities, science, and the people who make it their passion. It will also appeal to policy makers who are invested in trying to make universities more viable places to work.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Social Structures of Global Academia (Routledge Advances in Sociology). To get started finding The Social Structures of Global Academia (Routledge Advances in Sociology), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Higher education and research are now at the centre of economic and social policy in advanced information societies. Global networks of researchers, finance, students, and policy makers invoke collaborative sociological perspectives. What it means to be an academic and to work in a technologically advanced knowledge industry has undergone transformations that cross national borders. The future of knowledge production, social development, prosperity, and the freedom of ideas are caught in the swelling of global tides. The Social Structures of Global Academia exposes readers to a variety of issues that are impacting academics across the globe. The volume includes contributions by leading social scientists and innovative research from emerging scholars. Its anchoring themes include academic ethics, the affective cultures of scholarship, changing funding structures, and social control of the currents of scholarly life.Giving readers an overview of the growing field of critical studies of academia, The Social Structures of Global Academia will appeal to students and scholars seeking to understand more of the burgeoning field of critical sociologies of higher education; and general readers interested in contemporary knowledge about universities, science, and the people who make it their passion. It will also appeal to policy makers who are invested in trying to make universities more viable places to work.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Social Structures of Global Academia (Routledge Advances in Sociology). To get started finding The Social Structures of Global Academia (Routledge Advances in Sociology), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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