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A Cultural Political Economy of Competitiveness

And Its Implications for Higher Education

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The Knowledge Economy and Lifelong Learning

Part of the book series: The Knowledge Economy and Education ((KNOW,volume 4))

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In his widely-acclaimed book, The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting (1973), Daniel Bell made three predictions that, if fully realised, would have major implications for the nature and role of universities in the contemporary economic and social order. His first forecast was that, whereas capital had been the dominant factor of production in industrial societies, in postindustrial societies that place would be occupied by knowledge.

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Jessop, B. (2012). A Cultural Political Economy of Competitiveness. In: Livingstone, D.W., Guile, D. (eds) The Knowledge Economy and Lifelong Learning. The Knowledge Economy and Education, vol 4. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-915-2_4

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