Structure and Agency in the Neoliberal University

Joyce E. Canaan (Curatore)

Wesley Shumar (Curatore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2008

This volume considers how current transitions in postsecondary education are impacting Higher Education (HE) institutions and subjects in a number of Northern nations, as well as how these transitions are indicative of the wider shift from the welfare to the market state. The university is now considered a key site for training and wealth generation in the so-called 'knowledge economy' that operates in a globalising, high tech world. Further, these transitions are underpinned by neo-liberal economic ideas that assume that the public sector is a drag on the economy unless it is subject to the rules, regulations and assumptions that govern the private sector. This excellent volume - an important contribution to Education as well as Economics and Politics - furthers our understandings of universities as marketable entities as part of the globalized economy.

• Curatore: Joyce E. Canaan, Wesley Shumar
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Research in Education
• Anno: 2008
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 308 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 566 gr.
• EAN: 9780415956727

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