Description
Book SynopsisThe book will appeal to anyone trying to make sense of contemporary higher education.
Trade ReviewAs a collection, Academic Capitalism in the Age of Globalization presents ways that universities have become more entrepreneurial, more interdisciplinary, more competitive, and more marketable as postsecondary institutions and labor markets have become progressively globalized. Canadian Journal of Higher Education o
Table of ContentsForeword
Acknowledgments
Part I: Academic Capitalism Revisited
Chapter 1. Academic Capitalism in Theory and Research
Chapter 2. Retheorizing Academic Capitalism: Actors, Mechanisms, Fields, and Networks
Chapter 3. University Revolutions and Academic Capitalism: A Historical Perspective
Chapter 4. Exploring the Academic Capitalist Time Regime
Chapter 5. Learning to Litigate: University Patents in the Knowledge Economy
Chapter 6. Academic Capitalism and Practical Activity: Extending the Research Program
Chapter 7. Extending Academic Capitalism by Foregrounding Academic Labor
Part II: Academic Capitalism and Globalization
Chapter 8. The Global Enterprise of Higher Education
Chapter 9. Transnationalization of Academic Capitalism through Global Production Networks
Chapter 10. How to Explain Academic Capitalism: A Mechanism-Based Approach
Chapter 11. Peripheral Knowledge-Driven Economies: What Does Academic Capitalism Have to Say?
Chapter 12. Academic Capitalism in Greater China: Theme and Variations
Chapter 13. Risky Business: Academic Capitalism, Globalization, and the Risk University
Chapter 14. Developing a Conceptual Model to Study the International Student Market
List of Contributors
Index
