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Through a Glass Darkly

The Social Sciences Look at the Neoliberal University

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ID5771936
AuthorsTony Aspromourgos (0000-0001-9722-960X), P Beilharz (0000-0001-8707-5758), J Bessant (0000-0001-7385-5358), Jill Blackmore (0000-0002-1049-2788), Rebecca Boden, Robert Goodin, Johannah Fahey, Kanishka Jayasuriya (0000-0002-0010-1229), Fiona Jenkins (0000-0002-9331-699X), Jane Kenway (0000-0003-1043-0218), Diane Kirkby Faah, Murray Enkin, Lucinda Shannon, Glenne Withers (0000-0003-3082-8389)
EditorsM Thornton (0000-0003-3429-3596)
Year2015
Publication date2015-10-02
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueThrough a Glass Darkly (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherANU Press (PUBLISHER • AU)
DOI10.22459/tgd.11.2015
OpenAlexW2220085775
ISBN9781925022148
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited131

This collection of essays arose from a workshop held in Canberra in 2013 under the auspices of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia to consider the impact of the encroachment of the market on public universities. While the UK tripled fees in 2013 and determined that the teaching of the social sciences and the humanities would no longer be publicly funded, it was feared

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Unique citing works36
Citations per year3,27
Citation span2015 - 2026 (12)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 34

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