Naslov
Knowledge Society: Lofty Ideal, Money-Making Buzzword or the Genuinely Empowering Social Arrangement?

Autori
Srbljinović, Armano ; Afrić, Vjekoslav ; Božić, Jasmina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Conference Proceedings of the 2nd Special Focus Symposium on ICESKS: Information, Communication and Economic Sciences in the Knowledge Society / Šimović, Vladimir ; Bakić-Tomić, Ljubica ; Hubinková, Zuzana - Zagreb : Učiteljski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2008, 93-97

ISBN
978-953-7210-14-4

Skup
The 2nd International Conference on Advanced and Systematic Research ECNSI-2008, The 2nd Special Focus Symposium on ICESKS: Information, Communication and Economic Sciences in the Knowledge Society

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 13.11.2008. - 15.11.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
institutional change; institutional development; knowledge society; social institutions

Sažetak
The article considers the prospects of knowledge society from the viewpoint of Douglass C. North's five propositions about institutional change, which assert, in a nutshell, that the institutional change is brought about through the interplay of institutionally imposed constraints on interactions among social actors, in one direction, and the social actors' perceptions of opportunities that incrementally alter institutional constraints and rules, in the other direction. The analytical findings are further supported with insights in European knowledge society development provided by the recent Report of the European Commission's Expert Group on Science and Governance. The main conclusion is that the development of multiple, diverse, and decentralized civic 'knowledge-abilities' is necessary if the promise of knowledge society as a really empowering social arrangement is to be fulfilled.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Sociologija

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