University policies for the knowledge society: Global standardization, local reinvention

Perspectives on Global Development and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-36

  Beerkens, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption of global models; Global standardization; Homogenization of science policies; Institutionalization of global models; Knowledge society; Local variations; Mechanisms of diffusion; Reinvention of global models

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; MODELING; POLICY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 37849020180     PISSN: 15691500     EISSN: 15691497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156914907X253242     Document Type: Article

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