Title Universities and the public sphere : knowledge creation and state building in the era of globalization / edited by Brian Pusser [and others]

Published New York : Routledge, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages) : illustrations Series International studies in higher education International studies in higher education. Contents Introduction and overview of the book / Brian Pusser [and others] -- 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 Välimaa -- 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 Summary In this volume, international contributors challenge prevalent views of the global marketplace to create a deeper understanding of higher education's role in knowledge creation and nation building Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- Cross-cultural studies Education and globalization -- Cross-cultural studies Privatization in education -- Cross-cultural studies Critical pedagogy. Neoliberalism. EDUCATION -- Higher. Critical pedagogy Education and globalization Education, Higher -- Economic aspects Neoliberalism Privatization in education Genre/Form Electronic books Cross-cultural studies Form Electronic book Author Pusser, Brian. LC no. 2011003453 ISBN 9780415878470 0415878470 9780203847848 0203847849 9781136944130 1136944133 9781136944086 1136944087 9781136944123 1136944125 9780415824262 0415824265

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