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Transitioning Towards a Knowledge Society


Transitioning Towards a Knowledge Society

Qatar as a Case Study

von: Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock

96,29 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 05.12.2017
ISBN/EAN: 9783319711959
Sprache: englisch

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The book offers a critical evaluation of Qatar’s path from oil- and gas-based industries to a knowledge-based economy. This book gives basic information about the region and the country, including the geographic and demographic data, the culture, the politics and the economy, the health care conditions and the education system. It introduces the concepts of <i>knowledge society</i> and <i>knowledge-based development</i> and adds factual details about Qatar by interpreting indicators of the development status. Subsequently, the research methods that underlie the study are described, which offers information on the eGovernment study analyzing the government-citizen relationship, higher education institutions and systems, its students and the students’ way into the labor market. This book has an audience with economists, sociologists, political scientists, geographers, information scientists and other researchers on the knowledge society, but also all researchers and practitioners interested in the Arab Oil States and their future.
<p>Part I: Context</p> <p>1 Informational Cities in the GCC States</p> <p>1.1 The Gulf Region</p> 1.2 Background: Cities in the Knowledge Society<p></p> <p>1.3 Methods</p> <p>1.4 Informational Cities in the GCC Countries?</p> 2 Qatar in a Nutshell<p></p> <p>2.1 Qatar as a Post-oil Knowledge-based State?</p> <p>2.2 Geography and Climate</p> 2.3 Demography and Language<p></p> <p>2.4 Culture and Religion</p> <p>2.5 Politics</p> 2.6 Rentier State and Rentier Mentality<p></p> <p>2.7 Economy</p> <p>2.8 Public Health</p> 2.9 Education<p></p> <p>2.10 Tradition versus Modernity</p> <p>Part II: Concept</p> 3 Knowledge Economy and Knowledge-Based Development<p></p> <p>3.1 Definition of the Concepts</p> <p>3.2 Indicators of the Country’s Development Status</p> <p>4 Methods</p> <p>4.1 Grounded Theory Method</p> <p>4.2 Rapid Ethnographic Field Study</p> 4.3 Qualitative Interviews<p></p> <p>4.4 Quantitative Data Analysis</p> <p>4.5 E-Government and Government 2.0</p> 4.6 SWOT Analysis<p></p> <p>Part III: Connection</p> <p>5 Diversification of Knowledge-Based Industries and Foreign Investment</p> 5.1 Oil and Gas Industry<p></p> <p>5.2 Information Industry</p> <p>5.3 Renewable Energy Industry</p> 5.4 MICE Industry<p></p> <p>5.5 Tourism Industry</p> <p>5.6 Other Promising Industries</p> 5.7 Foreign Investments<p></p> <p>5.8 Summarizing Qatar’s Diversification Strategies</p> <p>6 Creativity and the Knowledge Society</p> 6.1 Creativity and Innovation<p></p> <p>6.2 Scientists, Engineers and Physicians and their Scientific Output</p> <p>6.3 Exchange of Everyday Knowledge</p> <p>6.4 Summarizing Qatar’s Creativity and Knowledge Base</p> <p>7 E-Government</p> <p>7.1 Maturity of Governmental Websites</p> 7.2 E-Government Social Media Study<p></p> <p>7.3 Summarizing Qatar’s E-Government Strategies</p> <p>8 Knowledge-Based Development</p> 8.1 Support and Restrictions<p></p> <p>8.2 Development of the Corporate Landscape in the Knowledge Sector</p> <p>8.3 Development of K-12 Education</p> 8.4 Summarizing Qatar’s Support of Knowledge-based Development<p></p> <p>9 Universities and other Institutions of Higher Education</p> <p>9.1 The University Landscape of Doha</p> <p>9.2 Level of Research and Education</p> <p>9.3 Research and University Funding</p> <p>9.4 Internationality: Opportunity or Risk?</p> <p>9.5 Summarizing Qatar’s Higher Education Ambitions</p> <p>10 Students and Graduates</p> <p>10.1 Qatari versus Expatriate Students</p> <p>10.2 Female versus Male Students</p> <p>10.3 Public versus Private Universities</p> <p>10.4 Summarizing Qatar’s Higher Education Conditions</p> <p>11 Transition of Graduates into the Labor Market</p> <p>11.1 Level of Graduates: Qataris versus Expats</p> <p>11.2 Different Paths taken by Post-Graduates</p> <p>11.3 Private versus Public Sector as Employer Prospect</p> <p>11.4 Can an Increase in Motivation promote Qatarization?</p> <p>11.5 Summarizing the Possibilities of Qatar’s Graduates</p> <p>12 Libraries, Science Parks and Research Funding</p> <p>12.1 Libraries and Librarians</p> <p>12.2 Science and Technology Parks and Science Funding</p> <p>12.3 Triple Helix Partnerships</p> <p>12.4 Summarizing Qatar’s further Knowledge-Intensive Institutions</p> <p>Part IV: Conclusion</p> <p>13 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of Qatar’s Way into the Knowledge</p> <p>Society</p> <p>13.1 Strengths</p> <p>13.2 Weaknesses</p> <p>13.3 Opportunities</p> <p>13.4 Threats</p> 13.5 Hypothetical Scenarios<p></p> <p>Index </p>
<p>Wolfgang G. Stock is full professor and head of the Information Science Dept. of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. His research areas include studies on smart cities, social network services and information behavior. He is author of about 300 articles and books, thereof about 30 are on prototypical cities of the emerging knowledge society.</p> <p>Kaja J. Fietkiewicz is research associate at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. She is working on Social Media and on Smart Cities, especially in Japan.</p> <p>Julia Barth and Julia Gremm have been assistant lecturers for Smart City Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. They conducted field researches on cities in the Gulf Region (especially, in Kuwait, Qatar, U.A.E. and Oman) and published articles on the “Arabian Way” into knowledge society.</p>
The book offers a critical evaluation of Qatar’s path from oil- and gas-based industries to a knowledge-based economy. This book gives basic information about the region and the country, including the geographic and demographic data, the culture, the politics and the economy, the health care conditions and the education system. It introduces the concepts of <i>knowledge society</i> and <i>knowledge-based development</i> and adds factual details about Qatar by interpreting indicators of the development status. Subsequently, the research methods that underlie the study are described, which offers information on the eGovernment study analyzing the government-citizen relationship, higher education institutions and systems, its students and the students’ way into the labor market. This book has an audience with economists, sociologists, political scientists, geographers, information scientists and other researchers on the knowledge society, but also all researchers and practitioners interested in the Arab Oil States and their future.
<p>This is the first book to cover an understanding of an Arab oil state’s way into becoming a knowledge society</p><p>Discusses Qatar as a paradigm for other states encountering this knowledge society shift</p><p>Concisely analyzes programs to configure knowledge society and – in contrast to the programs – the reality of the way into knowledge society</p><p>Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras</p>
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