Knowledge Economy, Language and Culture

Formerly Research Professor at University Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Glyn Williams has also worked at the University of San Francisco, the University of Bangor, University of Cardiff, and University College Dublin. A sociologist, he has written 14 books and over a hundred papers on a variety of topics including language and society, regional development, ethnicity, media and technology.

This is another important and highly contemporary contribution by Glyn Williams. Noted for his considerable originality and independence of viewpoint, the book is remarkably interdisciplinary, with understandings from economics, sociology, philosophy, business and sociolinguistics. It attacks issues of major current importance: the future knowledge-based economy, globalisation, and the use of technology for information exchange. The book contains critical appreciation and historical analysis but is also a very modern and highly constructive approach to the knowledge economy, and to the future of language. This is Williams’ best book from several decades of publishing.

• Chapter 1 Change and the Knowledge EconomyChapter 2 Language as an ObjectChapter 3 Human CapitalChapter 4 Regional Innovation SystemsChapter 5 Communities of PracticeChapter 6 Language and the SubjectChapter 7 The Cultural EconomyChapter 8 Social Theory and Language