A new collection in the iau issues in higher education series that deals with the major tensions between education and science drawing on experiences from a range of countries and regions the book read more. Knowledge society vs knowledge economy knowledge power and politics issues in higher education pdf axel hidayat669 education comments are disabled for this video . Knowledge has become the vital economic resource especially as the basis of economic growth but knowledge also is force in other social institutions of modern society including of course in governance or the world of work it also is the case that certified scientific and technical knowledge . As i write popular uprisings in the middle east are the latest example of the political and economic implications of these forces while events and especially the pace of change are frequently surprising it is not difficult to speculate about the future implications of the knowledge economy for higher education