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Title Universities and the public sphere [electronic resource] : knowledge creation and state building in the era of globalization / edited by Brian Pusser ... [et al.].

Imprint New York : Routledge, 2012.

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Description xiii, 261 p.
Series International studies in higher education
International studies in higher education.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction and overview of the book / Brian Pusser ... [et al.] -- The "public" contribution of universities in an increasingly global world / Simon Marginson -- Power and authority in the creation of a public sphere through higher education / Brian Pusser -- The global sorting machine: an examination of neo-racism among international students and postdocs / Jenny J. Lee and Brendan Cantwell -- Reconsidering the realities of the international student market: a perspective from Japan and East Asia / Akiyoshi Yonezawa and Hugo Horta -- University rankings, global models, and emerging hegemony: critical analysis from Japan / Mayumi Ishikawa -- The corporatization of national universities in Finland / Jussi Valimaa -- Negotiating race and gender identity in the knowledge age: the case of South African universities / Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela -- The broken promise of neoliberal restructuring of South African higher education / Ivor Baatjes, Carol Anne Spreen, and Salim Vally -- Higher education and the public sphere in Angola / Ken Kempner and Ana Jurema -- Selling out academia?: higher education, economic crises, and Freire's generative themes / Greg William Misiaszek, Lauren Ila Jones & Carlos Alberto Torres -- Post neoliberalism: the professional identity of faculty off the tenure-track / John S. Levin, Genevieve Shaker, and Richard Wagoner -- Chameleon's agenda: transformations of private universities within the framework of public higher education policies in Mexico / Roberto Rodriguez-Gomez and Imanol Ordorika.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
Education and globalization -- Cross-cultural studies.
Privatization in education -- Cross-cultural studies.
Critical pedagogy.
Neoliberalism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Pusser, Brian.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780415878470 (alk. paper)
9780203847848
9781136944130 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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