Deconstructing Jefferson's Candle: Towards a Critical Realist Approach to Cultural Environmentalism and Information Policy

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Opderbeck
Keyword(s):  
Information Policy ◽  
Realist Approach ◽  
Critical Realist

scholarly journals Intersectionality, identity work and migrant progression from low‐paid work: A critical realist approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1020-1039
Author(s):  
Gina Netto ◽  
Mike Noon ◽  
Maria Hudson ◽  
Nicolina Kamenou‐Aigbekaen ◽  
Filip Sosenko
Keyword(s):  
Identity Work ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Realist Approach ◽  
Critical Realist

Moving against and beyond neoliberal higher education in Ireland

2019 ◽  
pp. 151-164
Author(s):  
Fergal Finnegan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Irish Society ◽  
Realist Approach ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Critical Realist ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The chapter explores the impact of neoliberalism on Irish society and higher education (HE) and how this has been resisted. Taking a critical realist approach it seeks to analyse neoliberalism in HE in a way that is neither simplistic nor politically immobilising. It outlines the trajectory of neoliberal ideas in Ireland and their impact on higher education especially in the wake of the Great Recession. Most research on this topic neglects questions of agency and resistance. Thus, the main concern of the chapter is to document and analyse the various ways neoliberalism has been resisted in Irish higher education by staff, students and through social movement campaigns. It draws on mixed methods and qualitative research alongside documentary analysis for this purpose. The chapter concludes with reflections on how this resistance might be strengthened in the future by building alliances in order to reimagine the university.

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