Böcker av K. Mok

With the rise of the knowledge economy, universities are under pressure to embrace not just their traditional missions of teaching and research but a third mission of serving economic and social development. This book examines the major strategies that governments in East Asia have adopted to promote this kind of innovation in the education sector.

This book is a sociological study of how economic reforms, started in the late 1970s, have affected people's life in China. The unique feature of the book is not only based upon qualitative analysis but also quantitative data, the integration of which can enhance readers' understanding of current social and political developments in post-Mao China.

To understand political change in contemporary China it is crucial to understand the position of intellectuals in that society and their often troubled relation to the state.