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Knowledge Production in the Arab World - The Impossible Promise (Paperback)
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Knowledge Production in the Arab World - The Impossible Promise (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies
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Over recent decades we have witnessed the globalization of
research. However, this has yet to translate into a worldwide
scientific network, across which competencies and resources can
flow freely. Arab countries have strived to join this globalized
world and become a 'knowledge economy,' yet little time has been
invested in the region's fragmented scientific institutions;
institutions that should provide opportunities for individuals to
step out on the global stage. Knowledge Production in the Arab
World investigates research practices in the Arab world, using
multiple case studies from the region with particular focus on
Lebanon and Jordan. It depicts the Janus-like face of Arab
research, poised between the negative and the positive and faced
with two potentially opposing strands; local relevance alongside
its internationalization. The book critically assesses the role and
dynamics of research and poses questions that are crucial to
further our understanding of the very particular case of knowledge
production in the Arab region. The book explores research's
relevance and whom it serves, as well as the methodological flaws
behind academic rankings and the meaning and application of key
concepts such as knowledge society/economy. Providing a detailed
and comprehensive examination of knowledge production in the Arab
world, this book is of interest to students, scholars and policy
makers working on the issues of research practices and status of
science in contemporary developing countries.
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