New Books Catalogue Autumn/Winter 2011 - Pluto Press

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Fight the university cuts this academic yearThe Assault onUniversitiesA Manifesto for ResistanceEdited by Michael Bailey and Des FreedmanWith funding cuts well under way and many institutions alreadypromising to charge the maximum £9,000 yearly tuition fee, universityeducation for the majority is under threat. This book exposes thetrue motives behind the government’s programme and provides theanalytical tools to fight it.Widespread student protests and occupations, often supportedby staff, unions and society at large, show the public’s oppositionto funding cuts and fee increases. The contributors to this sharp,well-written collection, many of whom are active participants in theanti-cuts movement, outline what’s at stake and why it matters. Theyargue that university education is becoming increasingly skewedtowards vocational degrees, which devalues the arts and social sciences– subjects that allow creativity and political inquiry to flourish.Released at the beginning of the new academic year, this book willbe at the heart of debates around the future of higher education in theUK and beyond, inspiring both new and seasoned activists in the fightfor the soul of our universities.Michael Bailey is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex. He isthe author or editor of The Uses of Richard Hoggart (2011), Mediating Faiths(2011) and Narrating Media History (2008). He has held visiting fellowshipsat Goldsmiths, the LSE and at the University of Cambridge.Des Freedman is Reader in Communications and Cultural Studies atGoldsmiths, University of London and an editor of the journal Global Mediaand Communication. He is the author or editor of The Politics of Media Policy(2008), Television Policies of the Labour Party (2003) and War and the Media(2003). He is secretary of the Goldsmiths branch of the University andCollege Union.NEXT READWikiworldJuha Suoranta and Tere VadénPb 978-0-7453-2891-1 £17.99The University in ChainsConfronting the Military-Industrial-AcademicComplexHenry A. GirouxPb 978-1-5945-1423-4 £13.99August 2011176pp 198mm x 129mmPb 978-0-7453-3191-1 £14.99Hb 978-0-7453-3192-8 £50“This is an essentialbook. The future of ouruniversities is up for grabsand the manifesto will playa huge role in providingalternatives at a time whenthe government say therearen’t any.Clare SolomonPresident of the University of London Union (ULU) andeditor of (2011)“The corporatising ofuniversal education isone of the most insidious anddangerous attacks on the verynotion of human rights. Thisbook calls us to arms. Everystudent, every educator whocares should read it.John Pilgerwww.plutobooks.com PlutoPress 3
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