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Neoliberalism's war on higher education / Henry A. Giroux

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2014Description: ix, 240 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781608463343
  • 1608463346
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.00941
LOC classification:
  • LA 637 G528n 2014
Contents:
Introduction: Neoliberalism's War on Democracy Chapter 1: Dystopian Education in a Neoliberal SocietyChapter 2: At the Limits of Neoliberal Higher Education: Global Youth Resistance and the American/British Divide Chapter 3: Intellectual Violence in the Age of Gated Intellectuals (co-authored with Brad Evans)Chapter 4: Universities Gone Wild (co-authored with Susan Searls Giroux) Chapter 5: On the Urgency for Public Intellectuals in the Academy Chapter 6: Democracy Unsettled: From Critical Pedagogy to the War on Youth
Summary: Higher Education After Neoliberalism' lays bare the corruption behind neoliberalism which has led to war on democracy. Giroux reveals how neoliberal policies and practices, which include privatisation and deregulation, have reshaped radically the mission and practice of higher education. The author charts an inspired, clear-minded course of action out of the dark wood of market-driven educational policy. The book provides a powerful background for educators, students and concerned citizens to understand how higher education is being corrupted
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LA 637 G528n 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000132694

Includes index.

Introduction: Neoliberalism's War on Democracy Chapter 1: Dystopian Education in a Neoliberal SocietyChapter 2: At the Limits of Neoliberal Higher Education: Global Youth Resistance and the American/British Divide Chapter 3: Intellectual Violence in the Age of Gated Intellectuals (co-authored with Brad Evans)Chapter 4: Universities Gone Wild (co-authored with Susan Searls Giroux) Chapter 5: On the Urgency for Public Intellectuals in the Academy Chapter 6: Democracy Unsettled: From Critical Pedagogy to the War on Youth

Higher Education After Neoliberalism' lays bare the corruption behind neoliberalism which has led to war on democracy. Giroux reveals how neoliberal policies and practices, which include privatisation and deregulation, have reshaped radically the mission and practice of higher education. The author charts an inspired, clear-minded course of action out of the dark wood of market-driven educational policy. The book provides a powerful background for educators, students and concerned citizens to understand how higher education is being corrupted

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