Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Co, Date: 1982. Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Very good/very good. blue cloth, silver lettering, dust jacket, 368 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. 1982. D. Reidel Publishing Co ISBN 9027713227 9789027713223 [FR]

ISBN10: 9027713227, ISBN13: 9789027713223, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Hardcover
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 1982]
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Dordrecht Springer 1982 1982 ed. Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 369 p. Contains: Unspecified. Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, 6.

ISBN10: 9027713227, ISBN13: 9789027713223, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In recent years sociologists of sciences have become more interested in scien tific elites, in the way they direct and control the development of sciences and, beyond that, in which the organization of research facilities and resources generally affects research strategies and goals. In this volume we focus on scientific establishments and hierarchies as a means of bringing aspects of these concerns together in their historical and comparative contexts. These terms draw attention to the fact that much scientific work has been pursued within a highly specific organizational setting, that of universities and aca demic research institutes. The effects of this organizational setting as well as its power relations, and its resources in relation to governmental and other non-scientific establishments in society at large, deserve closer attention. One significant aspect of scientific establishments and hierarchies and of the power relations impinging upon scientific research, is the fact that the bulk of leading scientists have the professional career, qualifications and status of a professor. As heads or senior members of departments, institutes and laboratories, professors form the ruling groups of scientific work. They are the main defenders of scientific - or departmental - autonomy, accept or resist innovations in their field, play ...
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ISBN10: 9027713227, ISBN13: 9789027713223, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In recent years sociologists of sciences have become more interested in scien tific elites, in the way they direct and control the development of sciences and, beyond that, in which the organization of research facilities and resources generally affects research strategies and goals. In this volume we focus on scientific establishments and hierarchies as a means of bringing aspects of these concerns together in their historical and comparative contexts. These terms draw attention to the fact that much scientific work has been pursued within a highly specific organizational setting, that of universities and aca demic research institutes. The effects of this organizational setting as well as its power relations, and its resources in relation to governmental and other non-scientific establishments in society at large, deserve closer attention. One significant aspect of scientific establishments and hierarchies and of the power relations impinging upon scientific research, is the fact that the bulk of leading scientists have the professional career, qualifications and status of a professor. As heads or senior members of departments, institutes and laboratories, professors form the ruling groups of scientific work. They are the main defenders of scientific - or departmental - autonomy, accept or resist innovations in their field, play ...
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ISBN10: 9027713227, ISBN13: 9789027713223, [publisher: Springer] Hardcover Very Good Dust Jacket may be missing.CDs may be missing.
[liverpool, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1982]