Latin America in the international geopolitics of knowledge
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geopolitics of knowledge, higher education, Latin AmericaAbstract
Higher or tertiary education holds a central place in contemporary ideology and is supposed to generate a series of key benefits and opportunities for the development and good performance of countries. In fact, this ideology implies that global flows of knowledge, information and ideas enhance productivity and entrepreneurial competitiveness, improve human capital and the use of new technologies, and advance social mobility, the State’s effectiveness and the overall progress in living standards. In turn, these social benefits justify public investment in higher education and its ideal institutional expression, the university. However, one must question the tenets of this ideology. Are the information society and knowledge economy really more egalitarian? Have flows of ideas and publications become any more symmetrical? Are world-class universities within the reach of all countries? Only after addressing these questions will we be able to foresee the possible future roles that Latin America will play in a global knowledge society.
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