"The UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge; International Association of Universities."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : The democratic deficit of knowledge economies / Sverker Sörlin and Hebe Vessuri -- Modes of knowledge and patterns of power / Maurice Kogan -- Universities and society : whose terms of engagement? / Mala Singh -- Knowledge, globalization, and hegemony : production of knowledge in the twenty-first century / Paul Tiyambe Zeleza -- Knowledge and equity : unequal access to education, academic success and employment opportunities : the gender balance in Algeria / Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun -- Knowledge, culture, and politics : the status of women in the Arab world / Fahima Charaffedine -- Knowledge, theory, and tension between local and universal knowledge / Roberto Fernández Retamar -- The hybridization of knowledge : science and local knowledge in support of sustainable development / Hebe Vessuri -- Remarks on the relationship between knowledge functions and the role of the university / Akira Arimoto.
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The Democratic Deficit of Knowledge Economies--Sverker S̲rlin & Hebe Vessuri * Modes of Knowledge and Patterns of Power--Maurice Kogan * Knowledge, Theory, and Tension Between Local and Universal Knowledge--Roberto Fernandez Retamar * Universities and Society: Whose Terms of Engagement?--Mala Singh * Knowledge Functions and the Role of the University--Akira Arimoto * Knowledge, Culture, and Politics: The Status of Women in the Arab World--Fahima Charaffeddine * The Hybridization of Knowledge: Science and Local Knowledge in Support of Sustainable Development--Hebe Vessuri * Knowledge, Globalization, and Hegemony: The Production of Knowledge in the 21st Century--Paul Tiyambe Zeleza.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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 world-wide, 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.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
Palgrave Macmillan
Stock Number
303344
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Knowledge society vs. knowledge economy.
International Standard Book Number
9781403973047
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Knowledge society versus knowledge economy
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Education, Higher-- Economic aspects.
Knowledge management-- Economic aspects.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Education, Higher-- Economic aspects.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
JNF
POL-- 038000
SOC-- 002010
SOC-- 022000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
306
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43/2
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HM651
Book number
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K564
2007eb
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Sörlin, Sverker.
Vessuri, Hebe M. C.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
International Association of Universities.
Unesco., Forum on Higher Education, Research, and Knowledge.