TY - GEN N2 - 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. DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-71195-9 DO - doi AB - 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. T1 - Transitioning towards a knowledge society:Qatar as a case study / DA - 2018. CY - New York : AU - Gremm, Julia AU - Barth, Julia AU - Fietkiewicz, Kaja J. AU - Stock, Wolfgang G. CN - SpringerLink CN - GF1-900HF1021-1027JQ PB - Springer PP - New York : PY - 2018. ID - 838417 KW - Social sciences. KW - Middle East KW - Economic geography. KW - Physical geography. KW - Human geography. SN - 9783319711942 SN - 3319711946 TI - Transitioning towards a knowledge society:Qatar as a case study / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-71195-9 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-71195-9 ER -