The development of knowledge societies in 19 OECD countries between 1970 and 2002

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3062008
AutoresDaniela Rohrbach ([Forschungsinstitut für Soziologie, Universität zu Köln, Greinstrasse 2, 50939 Cologne, Germany, ], autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen46
Número4
Páginas655-689
Fecha de publicación2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Science Information (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0539-0184 • E-ISSN: 1461-7412
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0539018407082596
OpenAlexW2011969805
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas16

The use frequency of the term `knowledge society' to characterize present Western societies is disproportionate to the clarity of its measurement and the availability of longitudinal and cross-national evidence. The author develops a conceptualization of the knowledge society that enables the study of its development in cross-national and longitudinal perspective. This conceptualization is then applied to an analysis of 19 OECD countries between 1970 and 2002. Three main sets of findings are proposed. (1) In all 19 countries a clear trend towards the knowledge society is observable. (2) From an employment perspective, societies were and still are mainly knowledge-mediation societies but are increasingly becoming knowledge-management societies; from a value-added perspective they are better described as knowledge-infrastructure societies. (3) However, developing knowledge societies di fer enormously in terms of their sectoral structures - within and outside the knowledge sector

CLARITY · Conceptualization · Economic growth · Economics · Knowledge economy · Knowledge management · Knowledge Society · Mediation · Political science · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Regional Development and Policy · Social Capital and Networks