Democracy and the Discourse on Relevance Within the Academic Profession at Makerere University

Within the Academic Profession at Makerere University

af Tor Halvorsen, m.fl.

Democracy and the Discourse on Relevance Within the Academic Profession at Makerere University is set against the backdrop of the spread of neoliberal ideas and reforms since the 1980s. While accepting that these ideas are rooted in a longer history, the authors reveal how neoliberalism has transformed the university sector and the academic profession. In particular, they focus on how understandings of what knowledge is relevant, and how this is decided, have changed. Taken as a whole, reforms h... (Læs mere)