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OverviewEurope is confronted by an intimidating triple challenge: economic stagnation, climate change, and a governance crisis. This book demonstrates how these challenges are inter-related, and discusses how they can be dealt with more effectively in order to arrive at a more economically secure, environmentally sustainable and well governed Europe. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jan Fagerberg , Steffan Laestadius , Ben R. MartinPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.10cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.610kg ISBN: 9780198747413ISBN 10: 0198747411 Pages: 298 Publication Date: 29 October 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Jan Fagerberg, Staffan Laestadius and Ben R. Martin: Introduction: The Triple Challenge for Europe 2: Jan Fagerberg and Bart Verspagen: One Europe or Several? Causes and Consequences of the European Stagnation 3: Michael A. Landesmann: The new North-South Divide in Europe - Can the European Convergence Model be Resuscitated? 4: Frank W. Geels: The Arduous Transition to Low-carbon Energy: A Multi-level Analysis of Renewable Electricity Niches and Resilient Regimes 5: Hubert Schmitz and Rasmus Lema: The Global Green Economy: Competition or Cooperation between Europe and China? 6: Staffan Laestadius: Transition Paths: Assessing Conditions and Alternatives 7: Volkmar Lauber and Staffan Jacobsson: Lessons from Germany's Energiewende 8: Iain Begg: EU Policy and Governance: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? 9: Mariana Mazzucato and Carlota Perez: Innovation as Growth Policy: the Challenge for EuropeReviewsAuthor InformationJan Fagerberg is professor at the University of Oslo, where he is affiliated with the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, and at Alborg University, where he is at the Department of Business and Management. He also has an affiliation with CIRCLE at Lund University. In his research Fagerberg has among other things focused on the relationship between technology (innovation and diffusion) on the one hand and competitiveness, economic growth and development on the other. He has also worked on innovation theory, innovation systems and innovation policy and has published extensively on these and other topics in books and journals Staffan Laestadius is professor emeritus of Industrial Dynamics at Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan, KTH (Royal Instutute of Technology) in Stockholm, Sweden. He is also chairing the Senior Advisory Board for Climate Change at the Swedish Think Tank Global Utmaning (Global Challenge). Recently he published a policy analysis on the conditions for combining a climate change mitigation policy with the Swedish welfare system (Laestadius, S., 2013: Klimatet och valfarden, Umea: Borea bokfoerlag). Ben Martin is Professor of Science and Technology Policy Studies in SPRU, University of Sussex. Between 1996 and 2004, he served as SPRU Director. He is also an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), and Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, both at the University of Cambridge. His research for the last 35 years has focused on science policy. He helped pioneer techniques for evaluating scientific laboratories, research programmes, and national scientific performance, and for conducting 'technology foresight'. In recent years, he has conducted research on the benefits from government funding of basic research, the changing nature and role of the university, the impact of the UK Research Assessment Exercise, creative knowledge environments, and the evolution of the field of science policy and innovation studies. Since 2004, he has been Editor of Research Policy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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