Knowledge Societies: The Transformation of Labour, Property and Knowledge in Contemporary Society - Softcover

Stehr, Nico

 
9780803978928: Knowledge Societies: The Transformation of Labour, Property and Knowledge in Contemporary Society

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In this broad-ranging analysis of the central role that knowledge plays in our life, Nico Stehr critically examines the premises of existing social theory and explores the knowledge relations in advanced societies. The result is a significant new synthesis of social theory.

The issues addressed in Knowledge Societies include: the process of scientization; the transformation of the political system by increasingly knowledgeable citizens; the rise of specific areas of expertise and changes in corresponding institutions based on the deployment of specialized knowledge; a shift in the nature of societal conflict from struggles about the allocation of income and property to claims and conflict about generalized human need

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Nico Stehr is Senior Research Fellow, Sustainable Development Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Canada

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ISBN 10:  080397891X ISBN 13:  9780803978911
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1994
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