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Knowledge Society vs. Knowledge Economy : Knowledge, Power, and Politics / edited by S. Sörlin, H. Vessuri.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Issues in Higher Education, 2946-3203
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education and state.
- Education, Higher.
- Geology.
- Sociology.
- Educational Policy and Politics.
- Higher Education.
- Local Subjects:
- Educational Policy and Politics.
- Higher Education.
- Geology.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A new collection in the IAU Issues in Higher Education Series that deals with the major tensions between education and science. Drawing on experiences from a range of countries and regions, the book demonstrates the need to find new avenues for the management of knowledge production to ensure that it can meet increasingly global goals and demands.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Acronyms; Introduction: The Democratic Deficit of Knowledge Economies; 1 Modes of Knowledge and Patterns of Power; 2 Universities and Society: Whose Terms of Engagement?; 3 Knowledge, Globalization, and Hegemony: Production of Knowledge in the Twenty-First Century; 4 Knowledge and Equity: Unequal Access to Education, Academic Success and Employment Opportunities: The Gender Balance in Algeria; 5 Knowledge, Culture, and Politics: The Status of Women in the Arab World; 6 Knowledge, Theory, and Tension Between Local and Universal Knowledge
- 7 The Hybridization of Knowledge: Science and Local Knowledge in Support of Sustainable Development8 Remarks on the Relationship between Knowledge Functions and the Role of the University; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611362980
- 9781349534302
- 1349534307
- 9781281362988
- 1281362980
- 9780230603516
- 0230603513
- OCLC:
- 315733479
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