Structure and Agency in the Neoliberal University

by Wesley Shumar

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415898013
• ISBN13: 9780415898010
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"