Dina Kiwan

Academic Freedom and the Transnational Production of Knowledge

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Drawing on rich interviews, this book develops a transnational theory of academic freedom. It is essential reading for academics and students of the sociology of education. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781108490283
• ISBN-10: 110849028X
• Artikelnr.: 68984261

Autorenporträt

Professor Dina Kiwan is a comparative sociologist of education at University of Birmingham, UK, educated at the universities of Oxford, Harvard and UCL. She was previously the Centre for Lebanese Studies Fellow at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, and Associate Professor in Sociology at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Constructions of academic freedom: freedom vs inclusion?
3. Constructions of knowledge
4. Producing knowledge: the role of the university
5. Challenging knowledge: internal and external restrictions
6. 'Forbidden' knowledge
7. 'Legitimate' knowledge: methodological debates and the political sociology of knowledge production
8. Conclusion: a transnational theory of academic freedom and the production of inclusive knowledge
References
Index.