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

• Pubblicazione: Basingstoke, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2007.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.432
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Social aspects; Education, Higher - Economic aspects; Knowledge, Sociology of
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SörlinSverker VessuriHebe M. C
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Knowledge society vs. knowledge economy
• ISBN: 1-349-53430-7; 1-281-36298-0; 9786611362980; 0-230-60351-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451144103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Issues in higher education.