Transitioning Towards a Knowledge Society: Qatar as a Case Study

✍ Scribed by Julia Gremm,Julia Barth,Kaja J. Fietkiewicz,Wolfgang G. Stock (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 253
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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 knowledge society and knowledge-based development 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Informational Cities in the GCC States (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 3-36
Qatar in a Nutshell (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 37-65
Front Matter ....Pages 67-67
Knowledge Economy and Knowledge-Based Development (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 69-74
Methods (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 75-98
Front Matter ....Pages 99-99
Diversification of Knowledge-Based Industries and Foreign Investment (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 101-115
Creativity and the Knowledge Society (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 117-130
E-Government (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 131-158
Knowledge-Based Development (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 159-166
Universities and Other Institutions of Higher Education (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 167-181
Students and Graduates (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 183-192
Transition of Graduates into the Labor Market (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 193-202
Libraries, Science Parks and Research Funding (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 203-215
Front Matter ....Pages 217-217
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of Qatar’s Way into the Knowledge Society (Julia Gremm, Julia Barth, Kaja J. Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock)....Pages 219-232
Back Matter ....Pages 233-244

✦ Subjects

Human Geography