1st Edition

Privatising the Public University The Case of Law

By Margaret Thornton Copyright 2012
296 Pages
by Routledge

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264 Pages
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Privatising the Public University: The Case of Law is the first full-length critical study examining the impact of the dramatic reforms that have swept through universities over the last two decades. Drawing on extensive research and interviews in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada, Margaret Thornton considers the impact of the market on students, academics and law schools, documenting how... Read more

Ch 1: The Political Economy of Higher Education; Ch 2: The Market Comes to Law School; Ch 3: Jettisoning the Critical; Ch 4: Governance and Academic Life; Ch 5: Research in the Corporatized Academy; Ch 6: Conclusion

Biography

Margaret Thornton is Professor of Law at the Australian National University. She is a graduate of Sydney, New South Wales and Yale Universities, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law