ISBN:
9781403973047
,
1403973040
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (208 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Issues in Higher Education Ser.
Series Statement:
Issues in higher education
Parallel Title:
Print version Knowledge Society vs. Knowledge Economy : Knowledge, Power, and Politics
DDC:
306.432
Keywords:
Education, Higher Social aspects
;
Knowledge, Sociology of
;
Education, Higher Economic aspects
;
Education, Higher
;
Electronic books
;
Education, Higher ; Economic aspects
;
Knowledge, Sociology of
;
Education, Higher ; Social aspects
;
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Abstract:
A collection in the IAU "Issues in Higher Education Series" dealing with the major tensions between education and science. Drawing on experiences from a range of countries and regions worldwide, this book demonstrates the need to find new avenues for the management of knowledge production to ensure that it can meet global goals and demands
Description / Table of 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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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