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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784240503321

Titolo

Knowledge society vs. knowledge economy [[electronic resource] ] : knowledge, power, and politics / / edited by Sverker So  rlin and Hebe Vessuri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basingstoke, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-349-53430-7

1-281-36298-0

9786611362980

0-230-60351-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Issues in higher education

Altri autori (Persone)

SoĢˆrlinSverker

VessuriHebe M. C

Disciplina

306.432

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Social aspects

Education, Higher - Economic aspects

Knowledge, Sociology of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.