The Institution of Science and the Science of Institutions

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Prologue

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Marcel Herbst

      Pages 3-14

   3. Academic Organization and Scientific Productivity

      • Marcel Herbst

      Pages 15-35

3. Role and Ethos

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37

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   2. Ben-David’s Critique of the Sociology of Knowledge and His Politics of Freedom

      • Yaron Ezrahi

      Pages 39-45

   3. The Scientists’ Role and Medical Innovations

      • Ilana Löwy

      Pages 47-61

   4. The Ongoing Tension: Clinical Practice and Clinical Research

      • George Weisz

      Pages 63-79

4. Center and Periphery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Faded Grandeur: Disciplinary Differentiation, Interdisciplinarity and Renewal in the German Academic System

      • Richard Münch

      Pages 83-101

   3. The Scion and Its Tree: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Its German Epistemological and Organizational Origins

      • Shaul Katz

      Pages 103-144

5. Organization and Growth

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. The Excellence of IT: Conceptions of Quality in Academic Disciplines

      • Andrew Abbott

      Pages 147-165

   3. Lessons Learned from the Study of Multi-organizational Collaborations in Science and Implications for the Role of the University in the 21st Century

      • Ivan Chompalov

      Pages 167-184

6. Epilogue

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185

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   2. The Legacy of Joseph Ben-David

      • Marcel Herbst

      Pages 187-211

7. Back Matter

   Pages 213-227

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The present anthology, edited by Marcel Herbst, is partially based on a conference, held in 2009, to reflect on the legacy of Ben-David, and contains a selection of substantially revised papers, plus four contributions specifically written for this volume. The book focuses on three major lines of Ben-David’s research, namely “Center and Periphery” (Part I), “Role and Ethos” (Part II), and “Organization and Growth” (Part III). In addition, comprehensive introductory (“Prologue”) and concluding chapters  (“Epilogue”, Part IV) by Marcel Herbst are provided. The volume addresses the following disciplines: higher education, history and sociology of science, philosophy of science, history of medicine, public administration, policy studies, Jewish studies, and economics. The anthology is one of two new publications on Joseph Ben-David after the special Minerva edition Vol. 25, Numbers 1–2, March 1987,  and Gad Freudenthal’s collection of Ben-David’s writings [1991]. The text can be used in graduate studies, it addresses higher education professionals or public officials, and serves as a gateway to researchers in the field of higher education, science studies, or policy sciences.

• Academic systems
• Science Excellence
• Scientific Growth
• history of science
• sociology of knowledge
• sociology of science,

From the reviews:

“This volume … honors the enduring contributions and legacy of Joseph Ben-David (1920-1986), renowned for his work related to the sociology of science. … This would be useful to librarians, educators, clinicians, and researchers interested in the sociology of scientific research and history of science. … Readers interested in understanding the shift of academic scientific research from Italy to England to France to Germany to the United States will appreciate the framework and context this work offers … .” (Elizabeth Connor, Doody’s Book Reviews, April, 2014)

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