| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 208 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Issues in higher education |
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Issues in higher education (New York, N.Y.)
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| Contents |
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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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
"The UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge; International Association of Universities." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Knowledge management -- Economic aspects
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects
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sociology of knowledge.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects
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Knowledge, Sociology of
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sörlin, Sverker
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Vessuri, Hebe M. C
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Unesco. Forum on Higher Education, Research, and Knowledge.
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International Association of Universities.
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| ISBN |
9780230603516 |
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0230603513 |
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9781349534302 |
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1349534307 |
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1403973040 |
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9781403973047 |
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9781349534296 |
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1349534293 |
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9780230115705 |
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0230115705 |
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