The Politics of Knowledge 9789812309334

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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
THE CONTRIBUTORS
PREFACE
FOREWORD
MESSAGES
Chapter 1. Role of Knowledge in the Transformation of Asia
Chapter 2. Understanding the Politics of Knowledge: The Asian Perspective
Chapter 3. Truth, Free Speech and Knowledge: The Human Rights Contribution
Chapter 4. Knowledge: The Driver of Economic Growth
Chapter 5. Commerce vs the Common Conflicts over the Commercialisation of Biomedical Knowledge
Chapter 6. A Global Deal on Climate Change
Chapter 7. The Changing Politics of Religious Knowledge in Asia: The Case of Indonesia
Index

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THE POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a world class centre for its concentration of teaching and research across the full range of the social, political and economic sciences. Founded in 1895 by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, LSE has an outstanding reputation for academic excellence.

The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, including ASEAN and APEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publishing, an established academic press, has issued almost 2,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publishing works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world.

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