Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / James Dzisah and Henry Etzkowitz -- Introduction: The Dynamics of Universities, Knowledge and Societies / James Dzisah and Henry Etzkowitz -- Knowledge, Globalization and Identity Normative Change in Science and the Birth of the Triple Helix / Henry Etzkowitz -- Globalization and Scientific Research in Japan / Zaheer Baber -- Triple Helix or Triple Jeopardy? Universities and the Social Relations of Knowledge / Terry Wotherspoon -- The Big Shift : Science and Universities in Crisis / Toby E. Huff -- Societal Rationalization: / Choonlee Chai -- Gender and Identity in a Globalized World / Patience Elabor-Idemudia -- Knowledge Innovation, Governance and Policy The Triple Helix of Knowledge / James Dzisah and Henry Etzkowitz -- Crossing Boundaries: Creating, Transferring and Using Knowledge / Harley D. Dickinson -- Governing Innovation in a Knowledge Society / Peter W.B. Phillips -- Public Policy Actors and the Knowledge-Based Social Order / Michael W. Kpessa -- Regionalized Health Care System in Canada: Towards a Knowledge Management Strategy / William Boateng -- Universities, Intermediate Actors and The Knowledge Economy Facilitating Knowledge Transfer: / Amy Scott Metcalfe -- Ideals and Contradictions in Knowledge Capitalization / James Dzisah -- In the Grey Area: / Tarja Knuuttila -- Public Universities and Emerging Fuel Cell Technology: / Zeeda Fatimah Mohamad -- Index / James Dzisah and Henry Etzkowitz.

Available to subscribing member institutions only.

The Age of Knowledge emphasizes that the ongoing transformations of knowledge, both within universities and for society more generally, must be understood as a reflection of the larger changes in the constitutive social structures within which they are invariably produced, translated and reproduced. As the development of knowledge continues to be implicated in the habitual practices of the human social enterprise, visualizing these alterations requires the consideration of the social and materialistic contexts informing these transformations. This is necessary because the process of globalization has not only created new challenges for societies but has also unleashed a new political economy of knowledge within which different institutions must re-affirm their identity and place.