Handbook on Academic Freedom

Edited by Richard Watermeyer, School of Education, University of Bristol, Rille Raaper, School of Education, University of Durham and Mark Olssen, Professor of Political Theory and Higher Education Policy, Department of Politics, School of Social Sciences, University of Surrey, UK

• Contents:Introduction to the Handbook on Academic Freedom 1Richard WatermeyerPART I HISTORIES AND CONCEPTUALISATIONS1 Academic freedom in the modern British university:a historical perspective 18Mike Finn2 Publicness and intellectual work: rethinking academic freedomin the age of impact 37Mark Murphy3 Academic freedom as radical freedom 52Christian Krijnen4 A symbiotic relationship between academic freedom andliberal democracy: the case of higher education in Turkey 70Ayla GölPART II NEOLIBERALISM/MANAGERIALISM5 Knowledge, meaning and work: threats to academic freedomin the world of research 90Eva Aladro Vico6 Institutional autonomy, managerialism and the conditions foracademic freedom in Swedish higher education 105Goran Puaca7 Academic freedom, institutional autonomy and democracy: theincursions of neoliberalism 125Mark Olssen8 Reframing the freedom to teach 146Bruce MacfarlanePART III CHALLENGING UNEQUAL STRUCTURES9 A nation reimagined: the suppression of academic freedom in Turkey 160Tahir Abbas and Anja Zalta10 Whiteness masquerading as academic freedom 177Georgina Tuari Stewart11 Eurocentrism, racism and academic freedom in South Africa 190Savo HeletaPART IV PERSONAL/POLITICAL REFLECTIONS12 Toxic times for feminist academic freedom? 206Carol A. Taylor, Susanne Gannon, Kathryn Scantlebury and Jayne Osgood13 Academic freedom as experience, relation and capability:a view from Hong Kong 225Liz Jackson14 Academic freedom begins at home 242Nesta DevinePART V STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC FREEDOM15 Student freedom in contemporary universities: England andItaly compared 252Lorenzo Cini16 Academic freedom, students and the decolonial turn in South Africa 269Anye-Nkwenti Nyamnjoh and Thierry M. Luescher17 Freedom, fragmentation and student politics: tracing theeffects of consumerism in English students’ unions 288Rille RaaperPART VI NEW CONFIGURATIONS18 The end of academic freedom: two displacements and new ends for it 305Ronald Barnett19 Academic freedom and the Israeli‒Palestinian conflict 319Cary Nelson20 Academic freedom and extramural expression in the US 336Henry ReichmanPART VII A CALL TO ARMS21 Campaigning for academic freedom 356Dennis HayesIndex

‘The Handbook on Academic Freedom paints an extremely disturbing picture of how, globally, academics’ ability to act as critical public intellectuals has been radically undermined by universities’ shift from a collegial to a managerial mode of governance. However, this is not simply a critique of the myriad ways in which academics’ “performance” is now constantly audited and monitored in a way that limits their freedom to perform their proper function, but also a much-needed call to arms.’