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Government Policy and Postsecondary Education in Alberta: A "Field Theory" Analysis
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Schmaus, David; Wimmer, Randolph – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2013
While the landscape of postsecondary education in Alberta continues to expand and diversify, there seems to be very little written about the organization of postsecondary education in the province over the past 15 to 20 years (Wimmer & Schmaus, 2010). This paper provides an analysis of postsecondary education in Alberta over the past 15 to 20…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Educational Policy, Politics of Education, Public Policy
Upgrading the Chinese Economy by Overhauling Special Economic Zones: Innovation Model Shopping or the Emergence of a Chinese Innovation Model?
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Gebhardt, Christiane – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
In the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011--2015), the Chinese Committee of Science, Technology and Education, the main body for the central government's innovation policy, highlights the strengthening of the scientific--technological base and the upgrading of domestic innovative competences, and places the industrial focus on seven new strategic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Innovation, Social Theories, Administration
The Governmentality of Battlefield Space: Efficiency, Proficiency, and Masculine Performativity
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Kontour, Kyle – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2012
With the rise of the so-called military-entertainment complex, critical scholars note with alarm the integration of the political economies of entertainment companies and the military, in particular its potential influence on millions of young people who consume its concomitant films, toys and especially video games. Seen from a broad perspective,…
Descriptors: Video Games, Masculinity, Social Theories, War