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Universities under Neoliberalism (Routledge Advances in Management Learning and Education) - Hardcover

 
9781032159294: Universities under Neoliberalism (Routledge Advances in Management Learning and Education)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1032159294 ISBN 13: 9781032159294
Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

The COVID-19 pandemic, the surge of populism, the climate crisis and many other destabilizing factors in our time, all point at the expectation of trustworthy knowledge and reliable organization devoted to knowledge production and dissemination. However, universities remain enmeshed in economic liberalization and ensuing cultural struggles where their funding, governance and practices reflect market imprints – even academic ideals such as originality, or social ideals such as relevance have been transformed into measurable units and thereby risk losing their historical sway. This predicament is the focus of this book.

The book explores the rise of neo-liberalization in academic system in a highly unlikely place: Sweden, a country with a strong social democratic tradition and a long history of state regulation of higher education. As an advanced welfare state with a powerful labour movement and a large public sector, market ideals and practices have been carefully curtailed historically. This notwithstanding, a neoliberal university model has evolved there, reshaping notions of academic identities, institutional directions and notions of quality. This edited collection will be of value to researchers, academics and students with an interest in organizational studies, governance, management, higher education, sociology and politics.

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About the Author

Mats Benner is a Professor in Science Policy Studies and the Dean of the School of Economics and Management at Lund University, Sweden.

Mikael Holmqvist is a Professor in Business Administration at Stockholm University, Sweden.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032159294
ISBN 13 
9781032159294
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
148
Editor
Benner Mats, Holmqvist Mikael