Neoliberalization, Universities and the Public Intellectual Species, Gender and Class and the Production of Knowledge /

• Main Authors: Fraser, Heather (Author), Taylor, Nik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Palgrave Critical University Studies
• Subjects: Education.; Philosophy of nature.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education > Philosophy.; Gender identity in education.; Sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Sociology of Education.; Higher Education.; Gender and Education.; Educational Philosophy.; Philosophy of Nature.; Gender Studies.

This book employs an an intersectional feminist approach to highlight how research and teaching agendas are being skewed by commercialized, corporatized and commodified values and assumptions implicit in the neoliberalization of the academy. The authors combine 50 years of academic experience and fo...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The University Goes to Market: The Infiltration of Neoliberalism
• Chapter 2. Producing Marginalized Knowledge: Privilege and Oppression on the Basis of Species, Class and Gender
• Chapter 3. Connecting With Others at the Margins: Researching Women, Companion Animals, Love and Loss
• Chapter 4. Researching Marginalised issues, Policies and Programs: Companion Animals, Same Sex Abuse and Housing
• Chapter 5. Living on the Margins: Producing 'Evidence' with 'Feral' Drug Users
• Chapter 6. Looking Ahead, Strategies for Resistance and Change
• Conclusion: Where to From Here?.