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Title
Prefiguring the idea of the university for a post-capitalist society / Gary Saunders.
ISBN
9783031466496 (electronic bk.)
3031466497 (electronic bk.)
9783031466489
3031466489
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxxii, 256 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-46649-6 doi
Call Number
HX526
Dewey Decimal Classification
378.001
Summary
Using an Open Marxist theoretical framework, this book provides a critique of the neoliberal reforms made to higher education since the late 1970s and the impact this has had on the sector. Rather than arguing for a return to the idea of the public university, the book argues that public and private models of higher education are both forms of capitalist accumulation and have historically perpetuated forms of oppression, exploitation and discrimination; thus, a more radical solution that addresses both the current crisis of higher education and the contradictory and exploitative nature of late capitalism is required. This book critically examines the autonomous learning spaces that emerged out of the UK student protests (2009-2010) and documents what can be learned from them to prefigure the idea of the university for a post-capitalist society. Gary Saunders is Associate Professor in Criminology and Sociology at the University of Nottingham, UK.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 14, 2023).
Series
Marxism and education, 2946-3122
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783031466489
1. Higher Education Policy and Reform in England (1945 - present)
Chapter 2. Protest and Resistance: The Emergence of Autonomous Learning Spaces
Chapter 3. Understanding the Practical and Theoretical Importance of Autonomous Learning Spaces
Chapter 4. Methodology
Chapter 5. Participatory Action Research and the Social Science Centre
Chapter 6. Case Study Research with Six Autonomous Learning Spaces in the UK
Chapter 7. Discussion of Research Findings. .
