| Publication type: | Book part |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | The university in the knowledge society era : transformations, contradictions, and new responsibilities |
| Authors: | Streckeisen, Peter |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.4337/9781800888074.00038 |
| Published in: | Handbook on Higher Education Management and Governance |
| Editors of the parent work: | Amaral, Alberto Magalhães, António |
| Page(s): | 327 |
| Pages to: | 339 |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| ISBN: | 978-1-80088-806-7 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Classism; Commodification of knowledge; Cultural capital; Fields of power; Linguacene; Postcolonialism |
| Subject (DDC): | 378: Higher education |
| Abstract: | In contemporary capitalism, a knowledge society tale emerges at the junction of technological and economic determinisms. From a sociological perspective, it must be challenged analysing the relationships between education and class. In this regard, two secular trends are observed. First, prestigious higher education diplomas are of paramount importance for access to the economic elite today. This strengthens ties between the capitalist economy and universities and contributes to transformations in higher education. Second, tertiary education loses its traditional social distinction effect and spaces of social reproduction protected from education competition narrow or even disappear. Hence, there is a strong devaluation of popular culture and working-class knowledge. Both trends put universities at centre stage of major societal transformations. Academics are both threatened and empowered by these trends. The knowledge society tale offers them a reassuring image of their callings, vis-à-vis the economic elite as well as the dominated classes. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29211 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Social Work |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Diversity and Social Integration (IVGT) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Soziale Arbeit |
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Streckeisen, P. (2023). The university in the knowledge society era : transformations, contradictions, and new responsibilities. In A. Amaral & A. Magalhães (Eds.), Handbook on Higher Education Management and Governance (pp. 327–339). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888074.00038
Streckeisen, P. (2023) ‘The university in the knowledge society era : transformations, contradictions, and new responsibilities’, in A. Amaral and A. Magalhães (eds) Handbook on Higher Education Management and Governance. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 327–339. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888074.00038.
P. Streckeisen, “The university in the knowledge society era : transformations, contradictions, and new responsibilities,” in Handbook on Higher Education Management and Governance, A. Amaral and A. Magalhães, Eds. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, pp. 327–339. doi: 10.4337/9781800888074.00038.
STRECKEISEN, Peter, 2023. The university in the knowledge society era : transformations, contradictions, and new responsibilities. In: Alberto AMARAL und António MAGALHÃES (Hrsg.), Handbook on Higher Education Management and Governance. Edward Elgar Publishing. S. 327–339. ISBN 978-1-80088-806-7
Streckeisen, Peter. 2023. “The University in the Knowledge Society Era : Transformations, Contradictions, and New Responsibilities.” In Handbook on Higher Education Management and Governance, edited by Alberto Amaral and António Magalhães, 327–39. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888074.00038.
Streckeisen, Peter. “The University in the Knowledge Society Era : Transformations, Contradictions, and New Responsibilities.” Handbook on Higher Education Management and Governance, edited by Alberto Amaral and António Magalhães, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, pp. 327–39, https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888074.00038.
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