Title:
Knowledge society vs. knowledge economy : knowledge, power, and politics
Author:
Sörlin, Sverker.
ISBN:
9781403973047
Publication Information:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Physical Description:
208 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series:
Issues in higher education
Series Title:
Issues in higher education
Contents:
Introduction : the democratic deficit of knowledge economies / Sverker Sorlin and Hebe Vessuri -- 1. Modes of knowledge and patterns of power / Maurice Kogan -- 2. Universities and society : whose terms of engagement? / Mala Singh -- 3. Knowledge, globalization, and hegemony : production of knowledge in the twenty-first century / Paul Tiyarnbe Zeleza -- 4. Knowledge and equity : unequal access to education, academic success and employment opportunities : the gender balance in Algeria / Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun -- 5. Knowledge, culture, and politics : the status of women in the Arab world / Fahima Charaffedine -- 6. Knowledge, theory, and tension between local and universal knowledge / Roberto Fernandez Retamar -- 7. The hybridization of knowledge : science and local knowledge in support of sustainable development / Hebe Vessuri -- 8. Remarks on the relationship between knowledge functions and the role of the university / Akira Arimoto.
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