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Knowledge society vs. knowledge economy : knowledge, power, and politics / Knowledge society versus knowledge economy edited by Sverker Sörlin and Hebe Vessuri. - 1st ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. - vi, 208 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Issues in higher education . - Issues in higher education (New York, N.Y.) .

"The UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge; International Association of Universities."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 .

ISBN: 1403973040 (alk. paper) 9781403973047 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006040597

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA670283 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013532173 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Knowledge management--Economic aspects.
Education, Higher--Economic aspects.
Knowledge economy.

LC Class. No.: HM651 / .K564 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 306.43/2