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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The image of the university is tarnished: this book examines how recent philosophies of education, new readings of its economics, new technologies affecting research and access, and contemporary novelists' representations of university life all describe a global university that has given up on its promise of greater educational equality.
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Authors and Affiliations
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Michael O’Sullivan
About the author
Michael O'Sullivan is Associate Professor in English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has worked for universities in Ireland, the UK, the US, Japan and Hong Kong. He has published widely in education, literary studies and philosophy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Academic Barbarism, Universities and Inequality
Authors: Michael O’Sullivan
Series Title: Palgrave Critical University Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137547613
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54760-6Published: 29 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-71447-6Published: 21 December 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54761-3Published: 08 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-7329
Series E-ISSN: 2662-7337
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 175
Topics: Higher Education, Educational Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Twentieth-Century Literature, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Educational Policy and Politics