Academic Capitalism - Universities in the Global Struggle for Excellence (Paperback)

This book investigates the intensifying struggle for excellence between universities in a globalized academic field. The rise of the entrepreneurial university and academic capitalism are superimposing themselves on the competition of scientists for progress of knowledge and recognition by the scientific community. The result is a sharpening institutional stratification of the field. This stratification is produced and continuously reproduced by the intensified struggle for funds with the shrinking of block grants and the growing significance of competitive funding, as well as the increasing impact of international and national rankings on academic research and teaching. The increased allocation of funds on the basis of performance leads to overinvestment of resources at the small top and underinvestment for the broad mass of universities in the middle and lower ranks. There is a curvilinear inverted u-shaped relationship of investments and returns in terms of knowledge production. Paradoxically, the intrusion of the economic logic and measures of managerial controlling into the academic field imply increasing inefficiency in the allocation of resources to universities. The top institutions suffer from overinvestment, the rank-and-file institutions from underinvestment. The economic inefficiency is accompanied by a shrinking potential for renewal and open knowledge evolution.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Advances in Sociology
Release date:	June 2020
First published:	2014
Authors:	Richard Munch
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	298
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-60106-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics
LSN:	0-367-60106-0
Barcode:	9780367601065

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!