Knowledge society vs. knowledge economy : knowledge, power, and politics /

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 world-wide, the book demonstrates the need to find new avenues for the management of knowledge production to en...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: Unesco. Forum on Higher Education, Research, and Knowledge, International Association of Universities
Other Authors: Sörlin, Sverker, Vessuri, Hebe M. C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Issues in higher education (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Knowledge management > Economic aspects.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects.
Sociologie de la connaissance.
Gestion des connaissances > Aspect économique.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect économique.
sociology of knowledge.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects
Knowledge, Sociology of
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Democratic Deficit of Knowledge Economies--Sverker S̲rlin & Hebe Vessuri * Modes of Knowledge and Patterns of Power--Maurice Kogan * Knowledge, Theory, and Tension Between Local and Universal Knowledge--Roberto Fernandez Retamar * Universities and Society: Whose Terms of Engagement?--Mala Singh * Knowledge Functions and the Role of the University--Akira Arimoto * Knowledge, Culture, and Politics: The Status of Women in the Arab World--Fahima Charaffeddine * The Hybridization of Knowledge: Science and Local Knowledge in Support of Sustainable Development--Hebe Vessuri * Knowledge, Globalization, and Hegemony: The Production of Knowledge in the 21st Century--Paul Tiyambe Zeleza.
  • Introduction : The democratic deficit of knowledge economies / Sverker Sörlin and Hebe Vessuri
  • Modes of knowledge and patterns of power / Maurice Kogan
  • Universities and society : whose terms of engagement? / Mala Singh
  • Knowledge, globalization, and hegemony : production of knowledge in the twenty-first century / Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
  • Knowledge and equity : unequal access to education, academic success and employment opportunities : the gender balance in Algeria / Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun
  • Knowledge, culture, and politics : the status of women in the Arab world / Fahima Charaffedine
  • Knowledge, theory, and tension between local and universal knowledge / Roberto Fernández Retamar
  • The hybridization of knowledge : science and local knowledge in support of sustainable development / Hebe Vessuri
  • Remarks on the relationship between knowledge functions and the role of the university / Akira Arimoto.

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