Knowledge society vs. knowledge economy: knowledge, power, and politics
Sörlin, Sverker
Vessuri, Hebe
A new collection in the IAU Issues in Higher Education Series that deals withthe major tensions between education and science. Drawing on experiences froma range of countries 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. SVERKER SÖRLIN is Professor in the Division of History of Science and Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. HEBE VESSURI is Headof the Department of Science Studies, Instituto Venezolano de InvestigacionesCientÃficas, Venezuela. INDICE: The Democratic Deficit of Knowledge Economies; 'S.Sörlin' & 'H.Vessuri ' - Modes of Knowledge and Patterns of Power; 'M.Kogan ' - Knowledge, Theory, and Tension Between Local and Universal Knowledge; 'R.F.Retamar ' - Universities and Society: Whose Terms of Engagement?; 'M.Singh ' - Knowledge Functions and the Role of the University; 'A.Arimoto ' - Knowledge, Culture, and Politics: The Status of Women in the Arab World;' F.Charaffeddine ' - The Hybridization of Knowledge: Science and Local Knowledge in Support of Sustainable Development; 'H.Vessuri - 'Knowledge, Globalization, and Hegemony: The Productionof Knowledge in the 21st Century; 'P.Tiyambe Zeleza '
- ISBN: 978-0-230-11570-5
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 216
- Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés