Creating the Market University: How Academic Science Became an Economic Engine
Elizabeth Popp Berman
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Description for Creating the Market University: How Academic Science Became an Economic Engine
Hardback. American universities serve as economic engines, performing the scientific research that can create new industries, drive economic growth, and keep the United States globally competitive. This title sheds light on how knowledge and politics intersect to structure the economy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNMN; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
American universities today serve as economic engines, performing the scientific research that will create new industries, drive economic growth, and keep the United States globally competitive. But only a few decades ago, these same universities self-consciously held themselves apart from the world of commerce. "Creating the Market University" is the first book to systematically examine why academic science made such a dramatic move toward the market. Drawing on extensive historical research, Elizabeth Popp Berman shows how the government - influenced by the argument that innovation drives the economy - brought about this transformation. Americans have a long tradition of making ... Read more
American universities today serve as economic engines, performing the scientific research that will create new industries, drive economic growth, and keep the United States globally competitive. But only a few decades ago, these same universities self-consciously held themselves apart from the world of commerce. "Creating the Market University" is the first book to systematically examine why academic science made such a dramatic move toward the market. Drawing on extensive historical research, Elizabeth Popp Berman shows how the government - influenced by the argument that innovation drives the economy - brought about this transformation. Americans have a long tradition of making ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691147086
SKU
V9780691147086
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99-1
About Elizabeth Popp Berman
Elizabeth Popp Berman is assistant professor of sociology at the University at Albany, State University of New York.
Reviews for Creating the Market University: How Academic Science Became an Economic Engine
Winner of the 2013 Pierre Bourdieu Award for Best Book, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association Winner of the 2013 Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological Association Winner of the 2011 President's Book Award, Social Science History Association "Creating the Market University succeeds in providing detailed, on-the-ground descriptions of the ... Read more