| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 401 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Front Matter -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword: A Magnum Opus for our Times and the Future -- Odyssey: Social Capital Acknowledgements in the Intellectual Journey Through the Micro, Macro, and Meso Worlds of Reality -- Micro. Level -- Macro. Level -- Meso. Level -- Opening Doors, Special Skills, and Research Funding -- Emotional Support -- Notes |
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Chapter 1 Everything you Ever Wanted to Know About Knowledge: Punctuated Equilibrium Theory, Knowledge Creators, Structural Change, Adaptive Problems, and Institutional Solutions -- The PET Paradigm of Social Evolution: The Construct of Knowledge, Equilibrium Stages, Social Evolutionary Theory Critiques, and the Role of Globalization -- The construct of knowledge: Components and perspectives -- Punctuated equilibrium: Stages of knowledge creation -- Social evolutionary critiques and solutions -- The role of globalization in social evolution |
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Part One: Evolution in Knowledge Creators or Problem Solvers: Creative Minds, Radical Organizational Innovations, and Regional -- Part Two: Structural Change: Structural Differentiation and Dedifferentiation in Occupations and Their Classes, Organizations and in Their Contexts, and Networks and Their Cohesions -- Part Three: Adaptive Problems: Institutional Transformations Required to Create Meaningful Work, Employment, and Social Integration -- Conclusions: Rethinking Social Change. Theory -- Notes |
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Part One Knowledge Creators or Problem Solvers: Creative Minds, Radical Organizational Innovations, and Regional Environments that Encourage Higher Radical Innovation Rates -- Chapter Two Knowledge Creators: Individual Creativity -- Language and the Origin of Knowledge -- Base Line: Characteristics of Social Selves Raised in Traditional and Modern Contexts that Discourage Creativity -- The traditional social context -- The Modern Social Context -- The Postindustrial/Modern Context: Two Social Grammars Encourage Creativity12 -- Diversity of Socialization Experiences -- The Impact on Society |
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Anomic Context: Too Little Socialization with Any Social Grammar -- Conclusion: Creative Minds and Society -- Notes -- Chapter Three Knowledge Creators: Radical Organizational Innovation -- Radical Organizational Innovation at the Production Unit and the Concept of Technical Progress -- Radical product innovations -- Radical process innovations -- Organizational Contexts Discouraging Innovation -- Organizational Contexts Encouraging Innovation -- Innovations in industrial organizations -- Innovations in service organizations -- Innovation in research organizations |
| Summary |
Knowledge evolution punctuates the equilibrium of society and requires us to develop adaptive solutions. One new rule is that as the discovery of fresh knowledge grows more difficult, more complex organizational and institutional arrangements have to be adopted. Knowledge Evolution and Societal Transformations proposes a new paradigm based on the evolution of knowledge that synthesizes existing social science theories at three analytical levels. Its central theme is how knowledge creates new problems and explains growing inequality. The book suggests systemic networks in education, economy and political system to solve these problems |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 15, 2020) |
| Subject |
Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Sociology -- Philosophy.
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Action theory.
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Organizational sociology.
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sociology of knowledge.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Action theory
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Knowledge, Sociology of
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Organizational sociology
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Sociology -- Philosophy
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Wissenssoziologie
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Wissen
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Zuwachs
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Gesellschaft
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Anpassung
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Handlungstheorie
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781785273773 |
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1785273779 |
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9781785273766 |
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1785273760 |
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