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Knowledge Society vs. Knowledge Economy

Knowledge, Power, and Politics

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  • © 2007

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  1. Sverker Sörlin
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  2. Hebe Vessuri
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Part of the book series: Issues in Higher Education (IHIGHER)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: The Democratic Deficit of Knowledge Economies

    • Sverker Sörlin, Hebe Vessuri
    Pages 1-33

  3. Modes of Knowledge and Patterns of Power

    • Maurice Kogan
    Pages 35-51

  4. Universities and Society: Whose Terms of Engagement?

    • Mala Singh
    Pages 53-78

  5. Knowledge, Globalization, and Hegemony: Production of Knowledge in the Twenty-First Century

    • Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
    Pages 79-106

  6. Knowledge and Equity: Unequal Access to Education, Academic Success and Employment Opportunities: The Gender Balance in Algeria

    • Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun
    Pages 107-124

  7. Knowledge, Culture, and Politics: The Status of Women in the Arab World

    • Fahima Charaffedine
    Pages 125-136

  8. Knowledge, Theory, and Tension between Local and Universal Knowledge

    • Roberto Fernández Retamar
    Pages 137-155

  9. The Hybridization of Knowledge: Science and Local Knowledge in Support of Sustainable Development

    • Hebe Vessuri
    Pages 157-173

  10. Remarks on the Relationship between Knowledge Functions and the Role of the University

    • Akira Arimoto
    Pages 175-197

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 199-209
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About this book

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.

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'Almost all countries aspire to become 'knowledge economies' or 'knowledge societies.' The terms are frequently used interchangeably by politicians. This book explains why the terms are quite different, and why this difference has profound implications for the future role of universities in all countries throughout the world. The issues raised are of fundamental importance and the chapters in this book contribute in a masterly way to the much needed debate on the role of knowledge in society' - Geoffrey Oldham CBE, Former Director, the Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, and Chair of Trustees, the Science and Development Network

About the authors

SVERKER SÖRLIN is Professor in the Division of History of Science and Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
HEBE VESSURI is Head of the Department of Science Studies, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Venezuela.

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