Structure and Agency in the Neoliberal University

This volume considers how current transitions in postsecondary education are impacting Higher Education (HE) institutions and subjects in a number of Northern nations, as well as how these transitions are indicative of the wider shift from the welfare to the market state. The university is now considered a key site for training and wealth generation in the so-called 'knowledge economy' that operates in a globalising, high tech world. Further, these transitions are underpinned by neo-liberal economic ideas that assume that the public sector is a drag on the economy unless it is subject to the rules, regulations and assumptions that govern the private sector. This excellent volume - an important contribution to Education as well as Economics and Politics - furthers our understandings of universities as marketable entities as part of the globalized economy.

“"This book is a refreshing counterblast to some of the prevailing rhetoric in global higher education the rhetoric of markets, consumers and 'delivery' of educational products. It draws our attention to the shifts happening in higher education not just in our own back yard, but across the globe." - Marion Bowl, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Journal of Adult Learning”

"This book is a refreshing counterblast to some of the prevailing rhetoric in global higher education -- the rhetoric of markets, consumers and 'delivery' of educational products. It draws our attention to the shifts happening in higher education -- not just in our own back yard, but across the globe." - Marion Bowl, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Journal of Adult Learning

Joyce Canaan is a Reader in Sociology at Birmingham City University. Wesley Shumar is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Drexel University.

This volume considers how current transitions in postsecondary education are impacting Higher Education (HE) institutions and subjects in a number of Northern nations as well as how these transitions are indicative of the wider shift from the welfare to the market state. The university is now considered a key site for training and wealth generation in the so-called 'knowledge economy' that operates in a globalising, high tech world. Further, these transitions are underpinned by neo-liberal economic ideas that assume that the public sector is a drag on the economy unless it is subject to the rules, regulations and assumptions that govern the private sector. This excellent volume -- an important contribution to Education as well as Economics and Politics -- furthers our understandings of universities as marketisable entities as part of the globalized economy.

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