Overview

This volume raises an important question: given the fast changing global economy and the challenges it presents, what is the role for the university as an institution promoting sustainable human development? The answer is that, as an institution, it can play an important role in promoting sustainable human development in the context of globalization, particularly in developing countries. The contributors to this book begin by outlining the changes associated with the recent wave of globalization, particularly transformations in the relative power of institutions internationally, and analyzes the constraints universities face in industrialized and developing countries in promoting sustainable human development. It examines the effects of the increased market focus of the world economy on several types of nations - low-income (Jamaica), transition (Slovenia), peripheral to industrialized nations (Ireland) - and on women, a typically disadvantaged group. The second half of the volume provides a variety of perspectives and concrete examples that highlight the roles universities can play in fostering development beneficial to communities and nations. Promising initiatives in Malaysia and India and at an American university are discussed as well as the general lessons each offers.

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Author:   Jean L. Pyle ,  Robert Forrant
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Weight:   0.608kg
ISBN:  

9781840648355

ISBN 10:   184064835
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   27 November 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface PART I: GLOBALIZATION AND THE CHALLENGES CONFRONTING THE UNIVERSITY 1. Globalization, Universities and Sustainable Human Development: A Framework for Understanding the Issues Jean L. Pyle and Robert Forrant 2. Constructing Knowledge, Boosting Development and Escaping Debt: The Case of Jamaica Robert Forrant 3. Sustainable Regional Development: Experiences from Slovenia Tea Petrin, Renata Vitez and Mateja Mesl 4. Recent Developments in Irish-based Industry Mary O'Sullivan 5. Sex, Maids, and Export Processing: Risks and Reasons for Gendered Global Production Networks Jean L. Pyle 6 Feminists and Technocrats in the Democratization of Latin America: A Prolegomenon Veronica Montecinos PART II: ANSWERING THE CHALLENGE: THE UNIVERSITY, KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND THE SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 7. Striving Towards Sustainable Development in a Globalizing Economy: Universities and Civil Society Organizations in India Jamuna Ramakrishna 8. A University Enters into its Regional Economy: Models for Integrated Action with Refugee and Immigrant Communities Linda Silka 9. The University, Public Interest Research, and Advocacy Assistance: Lessons on the Role of Academia in Promoting Sustainable Development Cathy Crumbley and Joel Tickner 10. Managing the Interface with the Region: The Case of Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia Morshidi Sirat 11. Building Bridges: Sustainable Development, Interdisciplinary Programs and the University Nancy Kleniewski and John Wooding 12 'Grow Your Own' in the New Economy? Skill-formation Challenges in the New England Optical Networking Industry William Lazonick, Michael Fiddy and Steven Quimby Final Thoughts: Portable Intellectual Currents and Sustainable Human Development Robert Forrant and Jean L. Pyle Index

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'This collection of articles provides an important contribution to the debates on globalization and sustainable human development. In particular, it represents a unique contribution by focusing on the role of universities in confronting these challenges and providing transformative frameworks for people-centered development processes.' -- Lourdes Beneria, Cornell University, US

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Edited by Jean L. Pyle, Professor, Department of Regional Economic and Social Development, University of Massachusetts Lowell, US and Co-Director, Center for Women and Work and Robert Forrant, Associate Professor, Department of Regional Economic and Social Development, University of Massachusetts Lowell, US

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