Managing Knowledge, Governing Society

This insightful book examines how the policies resulting from the Neoliberal and Research and Innovation paradigms have evolved, and how they can be extended and reformed to respond to present and future environmental constraints.

Alain-Marc Rieu is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Lyon - Jean Moulin (France) and Visiting Professor at the Center for Collaborative Design, Osaka University.

1. Introduction: Epistemic mutations 2. Managing knowledge, governing society 3. Systemic disruptions, systemic responses 4. The Neoliberal paradigm and beyond 5. The emergence of a Research and Innovation paradigm 6. The Research and Innovation paradigm. The case of Japan 7. A new version of the Research and Innovation paradigm 8. Reflexive processes, governing models 9. Conclusion. The fifth sphere, new modernity