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Modes of Knowledge and Patterns of Power

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Knowledge Society vs. Knowledge Economy

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Abstract

In social science we struggle to discover contingent relationships and, perhaps too often, confuse these with what are no more than partial and contestable associations. This chapter attempts to note the extent to which knowledge and power may affect each other whilst pointing out that those interactions are less of a determinant nature than some analysts and social practitioners assume.

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  1. Maurice Kogan
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Sverker Sörlin Hebe Vessuri

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Kogan, M. (2007). Modes of Knowledge and Patterns of Power. In: Sörlin, S., Vessuri, H. (eds) Knowledge Society vs. Knowledge Economy. Issues in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230603516_2

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