Marketisation of Academia and Authoritarian Governments: The Cases of Hungary and Turkey in Critical Perspective

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2020-12-23

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Abstract

This article analyses the recent political repression of academia in Hungary and Turkey within the critical scholarship on globalisation and neoliberalisation of higher education. We introduce and challenge the hegemonic definitions of academic freedom that sit comfortably with the capitalist logic as well as repressive governing forms and assess the recent attacks on university communities with emphasis on both academic labour and freedom. Adopting a case study approach, we investigate how economic and political forms of repression accompany and reinforce one another within the specificities of both country contexts. We delineate the underlying structural and historical dynamics as well as emergence and evolution of methods of struggle and resistance employed by diverse university communities in their shared and divergent characteristics. Our conclusions include critical reflections on the broader implications of higher education restructuring, authoritarian interventions, and the future of systemic-level resistance.

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Education, Globalisation, Labour, Neoliberalism, Political economy, Social justice, Turkey, Hungary

Citation

Dönmez, P. E., and Duman, A. (2021) Marketisation of Academia and Authoritarian Governments: The Cases of Hungary and Turkey in Critical Perspective. Critical Sociology, 47 (7–8), pp. 1127–1145

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