Overview
This collection analyses and comments on the development of the ERA, which seeks to co-ordinate national research and advance European wide projects. The contributors include leading scholars of European integration and technology policy and high-level administrators. They discuss the potential impacts, benefits and limits to research and innovation policy within Europe both in the short and long term. Moreover, the debate about ERA is placed firmly in the context of the overall changes at the European level.
Full Product Details
Author: Jakob Edler ,
Stefan Kuhlmann ,
Maria Behrens
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.666kg
ISBN: 9781843765974
ISBN 10: 1843765977
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 29 October 2003
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'This book is an interesting collection of 14 contributions about the current dynamics and the future shape of the European Research Area (ERA)... The topic of this edited volume can hardly be more timely and necessary... the authors have introduced a system of innovation approach to the study of the ERA initiative, which is rarely found in studies at the EU level. This is highly laudable... this book has gathered a set of social scientists and practitioners, bringing together an array of research results and views on the subject... this book represents valuable reading for those willing to understand the newest developments on STI policy at the EU level and the corresponding transforming governance structures in Europe in the new century.' -- Susana Borras, Science and Public Policy 'At the beginning of the new millennium, the European Research Area (ERA) was proposed as a major objective for Europe. It has since given rise to much political discourse and a rare intergovernmental consensus. Three years after its initiation, the time is ripe for a first in-depth exploration of its possible directions and pitfalls. The participating scholars have gone beyond expressing positive or negative opinions to try and delineate explanatory factors and dynamics, and have also taken the risk of proposing vastly contrasting scenarios. As such, this is an important contribution which should interest all researchers and stakeholders dealing with research and innovation policy.' -- Philippe Laredo, Laboratoire Territories, Techniques, Societes (LATTS), ENPC, Cite Descartes, France
`This book is an interesting collection of 14 contributions about the current dynamics and the future shape of the European Research Area (ERA). . . The topic of this edited volume can hardly be more timely and necessary. . . the authors have introduced a system of innovation approach to the study of the ERA initiative, which is rarely found in studies at the EU level. This is highly laudable. . . this book has gathered a set of social scientists and practitioners, bringing together an array of research results and views on the subject. . . this book represents valuable reading for those willing to understand the newest developments on STI policy at the EU level and the corresponding transforming governance structures in Europe in the new century.' -- Susana Borras, Science and Public Policy `At the beginning of the new millennium, the European Research Area (ERA) was proposed as a major objective for Europe. It has since given rise to much political discourse and a rare intergovernmental consensus. Three years after its initiation, the time is ripe for a first in-depth exploration of its possible directions and pitfalls. The participating scholars have gone beyond expressing positive or negative opinions to try and delineate explanatory factors and dynamics, and have also taken the risk of proposing vastly contrasting scenarios. As such, this is an important contribution which should interest all researchers and stakeholders dealing with research and innovation policy.' -- Philippe Laredo, Laboratoire Territories, Techniques, Societes (LATTS), ENPC, Cite Descartes, France
Author Information
Edited by Jakob Edler, Managing Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Germany and Professor of Innovation Policy and Strategy, University of Manchester, UK, Stefan Kuhlmann, Chair, Faculty Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, the Netherlands and Maria Behrens, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany
