Global Creation: Space, Mobility, and Synchrony in the Age of the Knowledge Economy

The second of three books on creativity in the age of the knowledge economy, this volume explores the role of globalization in the spread of creative work and also its effect on science and knowledge systems, power and hierarchy, and the decrease in American hegemony and simultaneous rise of Asia. Several of the chapters also focus on the relations of global creativity to the world of higher education, perhaps reflecting the area of academic specialization of two of the authors. An underlying theme of exploration is the possible emergence of new global forms of political organization, a process that has so far lagged behind cultural and linguistic integration and the development of world markets. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)