ISBN:
9789812309259
,
9789812309334
,
981230925X
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (227 p)
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Knowledge, Sociology of--Congresses
;
Political sociology--Congresses
Abstract:
The politics of knowledge -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- The Contributors -- Preface -- Foreword -- Messages -- Chapter 1: Role of knowledge in the transformation of Asia -- Chapter 2: Understanding the politics of knowledge: the ASIAN perspective -- Chapter 3: Truth, free speech and knowledge: the human rights contribution -- Chapter 4: Knowledge: the driver of economic growth -- Chapter 5: Commerce vs the common conflicts over the commercialisation of biomedical knowledge -- Chapter 6: A global deal on climate change -- Chapter 7: The changing politics of religious knowledge in Asia: the case of Indonesia -- Index.
Abstract:
The publication of this book, comprising chapters written by distinguished scholars, is a timely recognition that these days we are bombarded by suggestions that knowledge is power, that we are operating in a knowledge economy, and that the greatest driver for financial growth and national development is the knowledge industry
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://erf.sbb.spk-berlin.de/han/iglibrary/portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/ISEASB0000033.html
URL:
http://erf.sbb.spk-berlin.de/han/iglibrary/portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/ISEASB0000033.html