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609235
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The assault on universities : : a manifesto for resistance /\ edited by Michael Bailey and Des Freedman.
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London :: Pluto Press ;New York, NY :: Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, a Division of St. Martin's Press,, 2011.
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1 online resource (vi, 194 pages)
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9781849645997
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: 184964599X
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Contents; 1. An Introduction to Education Reform and Resistance -Des Freedman; Part I: The Changing Idea of the University; 2. The Idea of the University -John K. Walton; 3. What is a University Education For? -Neil Faulkner; 4. Fighting for the University's Life -Nick Couldry; Part II: Current Challenges and Future Visions; 5. Economic Alternatives in the Current Crisis -Aeron Davis; 6. Re-Imagining the Public Good -Jon Nixon; 7. The War Against Democracy and Education -Nick Stevenson; Part III: Critical Pedagogy; 8. The University as a Political Space -Alberto Toscano.
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9. The Academic as Truth-Teller -Michael Bailey10. Impoverished Pedagogy, Privatised Practice -Natalie Fenton; Part IV: Student Politics; 11. Student Revolts Then and Now -John Rees; 12. The Politics of Occupation -Feyzi Ismail; 13. Achievements and Limitations of the UK Student Movement -Ashok Kumar; Part V: International Perspectives; 14. Beyond the Swindle of the Corporate University -Henry A. Giroux; 15. Education Reforms in a European Context -Marion von Osten; 16. International Students and the Globalization of Higher Education -Kirsten Forkert; Part VI: The Manifesto.
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Demands on GovernmentDemands on Universities; Signatories to the Manifesto; Notes on Contributors; Index.
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| Abstract
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Sharp essays take on the government's agenda of university cuts and fee increases, and outline an alternative manifesto for higher education.
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Higher education and state-- Great Britain.
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Educational change-- Great Britain.
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Universities and colleges-- Great Britain.
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Universities and colleges-- Finance.
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LC178.G7A87 2011eb
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Bailey, Michael.
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Freedman, Des,1962-
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