The Alternative University: Lessons from Bolivarian Venezuela Tapa dura - 2023

Hardback. New. <p>Over the last few decades, the decline of the public university has dramatically increased under intensified commercialization and privatization, with market-driven restructurings leading to the deterioration of working and learning conditions. A growing reserve army of scholars and students, who enter precarious learning, teaching, and research arrangements, have joined recent waves of public unrest in both developed and developing countries to advocate for reforms to higher education. Yet even the most visible campaigns have rarely put forward any proposals for an alternative institutional organization. Based on extensive fieldwork in Venezuela, <i>The Alternative University</i> outlines the origins and day-to-day functioning of the colossal effort of late President Hugo Chávez's government to create a university that challenged national and global higher education norms.</p> <p>Through participant observation, extensive interviews… Leer más

Stanford University Press, 6/13/2023 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Good. 0.6693 in x 9.3701 in x 6.1417 in.

Stanford Univ Pr, 2023. Hardcover. New. 232 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.