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Author:   Michael Bailey ,  Des Freedman
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.212kg
ISBN:  

9780745331911

ISBN 10:   0745331912
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   04 August 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1. An Introduction to Education Reform and Resistance by Des Freedman Part 1: THE CHANGING IDEA OF THE UNIVERSITY 2. The Idea of the University by John K. Walton 3. What is a University Education For? by Neil Faulkner 4. Fighting for the University’s Life by Nick Couldry Part II: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE VISIONS 5. Economic Alternatives in the Current Crisis by Aeron Davis 6. Re-Imagining the Public Good by Jon Nixon 7. The War Against Democracy and Education by Nick Stevenson Part III: CRITICAL PEDAGOGY 8. The University as a Political Space by Alberto Toscano 9. The Academic as Truth-Teller by Michael Bailey 10. Impoverished Pedagogy, Privatised Practice by Natalie Fenton Part IV: STUDENT POLITICS 11. Students Revolts Then and Now by John Rees 12. The Politics of Occupation by Feyzi Ismail 13. Achievements and Limitations of the UK Student Movement by Ashok Kumar Part V: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 14. Beyond the Swindle of the Corporate University by Henry A. Giroux 15. Education Reforms in a European Context by Marion von Osten 16. International Students and the Globalisation of Higher Education by Kirsten Forkert PART VI THE MANIFESTO Demands on Government Demands on Universities Signatories to the Manifesto Notes on contributors Index

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This is going to be an essential book. The future of our universities is up for grabs and the manifesto is going to play a huge role in providing alternatives at a time when the government say there isn't one. --Clare Solomon, President of the University of London Union (ULU) and author of Springtime (2011)

Author Information

Michael Bailey is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex. He is the co-editor of The Assault on Universities (Pluto, 2011), Mediating Faiths (Routledge, 2011) and Narrating Media History (Routledge, 2008). He has held visiting fellowships at Goldsmiths, the LSE and the University of Cambridge. Des Freedman is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London and an editor of the journal Global Media and Communication. He is the co-editor of The Assault on Universities (Pluto, 2011), and author of The Politics of Media Policy (Polity, 2008), Television Policies of the Labour Party (Routledge, 2003) and War and the Media (Sage, 2003).

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