Science and Innovation : Rethinking the Rationales for Funding and Governance, Hardcover by Geuna, Aldo (EDT); Salter, Ammon J. (EDT); Steinmueller, W. Edward (EDT), ISBN 1843761092, ISBN-13 9781843761099, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

Combining traditional public good views of science with newer ideas about its network structure, 11 papers presented by Geuna, Salter, and Steinmueller (all affiliated with Science and Technology Policy Research, U. of Sussex, UK) discuss issues arising from the way science is funded and governed. The governmental policy environment is explored in relation to universities and the interdisciplinarity of research. Empirical investigations examine the changing relationships between different societal actors. The final few chapters develop a theory of science as a distributed knowledge system and discuss the theory's implications. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()