The assault on universities : a manifesto for resistance

 Content: INTRODUCTION  1. An Introduction to Education Reform and Resistance by Des Freedman  Part 1: THE CHANGING IDEA OF THE UNIVERSITY  2. The Idea of the University John K. Walton, Professor of Contemporary History, University of the Basque Country  3. What is a University Education For?  Neil Faulkner, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol  4. Fighting for the University's Life  Nick Couldry, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London  Part II: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE VISIONS  5. Economic Alternatives in the Current Crisis  Aeron Davis, Reader in Political Communication at Goldsmiths  6. Re-Imagining the Public Good  Jon Nixon, Honorary Professor of Educational Studies, University of Sheffield, UK  7. The War Against Democracy and Education  Nick Stevenson, Reader in Cultural sociology, University of Nottingham  Part III: CRITICAL PEDAGOGY  8. The University as a Political Space  Alberto Toscano, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths  9. The Academic as Truth-Teller  Michael Bailey  10. Impoverished Pedagogy, Privatised Practice  Natalie Fenton, Professor of Communications, Department of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths  Part IV: STUDENT POLITICS  11. Students Revolts Then and Now  John Rees, co-founder of Stop the War Coalition  12. The Politics of Occupation  Feyzi Ismail, PhD student, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)  13. Achievements and Limitations of the UK Student Movement Ashok Kumar  Part V: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES  14.Beyond the Swindle of the Corporate University  Henry A. Giroux, McMaster University, Canada  15.Education Reforms in a European Context Marion von Osten, Centre for Post-Colonial Knowledge and Culture, Berlin   16. International Students and the Globalisation of Higher Education Kirsten Forkert, activist and PhD student at Goldsmiths  PART VI THE MANIFESTO   Demands on Government  Demands on Universities  Signatories to the Manifesto    Notes on contributors  Index