Academic Freedom in a Plural World

Global Critical Perspectives

Buch | Hardcover

470 Seiten

2024
Central European University Press (Verlag)
9789633866535 (ISBN)

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Examines academic freedom - a concept central to universities since their creation but suffering from persistent ambiguities - in the context of current threats including rising attacks on democracy, research corporatization, diversity concerns, and societal polarization that pressure its exercise.

The notion of academic freedom dates back to the creation of universities and has long been understood to be central to their vocation. This freedom has come under attack by different actors throughout its history. In the current context, rising threats to democracy and human liberties, the corporatization of research, concerns about diversity and increased societal polarization, are putting a considerable pressure on its exercise. However, academic freedom is also a concept that suffers from persistent ambiguities associated with the general notion of freedom as well as debates about the function of universities.

This edited collection addresses the question of academic freedom by situating it in its broader global context. More conceptual treatments contribute to an understanding of academic freedom as distinct and separate from, although related to, freedom of expression, or student rights. These conceptual treatments are combined with studies of actual struggles over the scope of academic freedom in specific universities. The contributions come from a broad variety of sites seek to deprovincialize the conversation beyond North America or the English-speaking world.

Nandini Ramanujam is the Co-Director and Director of Programs of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism at McGill University's Faculty of Law. Frédéric Mégret is a Professor of Law and a William Dawson Scholar at McGill University. He is also the Co-Director of Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.

Acknowledgments, Chapter 1 Introduction, Part I Imagining, Defending, Conceptualizing Academic Freedom, Part II Diversity and the Democratization of Academic Freedom, Part III Between Authoritarianism and Populism: State Interference with Academic Freedom, Part IV Emerging Threats and Challenges, About the Contributors, Index

Erscheinungsdatum	07.09.2024
Verlagsort	Budapest
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1030 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-13	9789633866535 / 9789633866535
Zustand	Neuware