Reclaiming the role of higher education in Croatia. Dominant and oppositional framings.

Autor/inn/en	Dolenec, Danijela; Doolan, Karin
Titel	Reclaiming the role of higher education in Croatia. Dominant and oppositional framings. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Wiederherstellen der Rolle der Hochschulbildung in Kroatien. Dominante und oppositionelle Konzepte.
Quelle	Aus: Zgaga, Pavel (Hrsg.); Teichler, Ulrich (Hrsg.); Brennan, John (Hrsg.): The globalisation challenge for European higher education. Convergence and diversity, centres and peripheries. Frankfurt, Main: P. Lang (2013) S. 325-346Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Higher education research and policy. 4
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-3-631-63908-5
Schlagwörter	Soziale Funktion; Nachsozialistische Gesellschaft; Neoliberalismus; Protest; Protestbewegung; Staatliche Einflussnahme; Privatisierung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulforschung; Hochschulpolitik; Studentenbewegung; Hochschule; Diskussion; Reform; Kroatien
Abstract	"Framed within a critical theory perspective that draws an Fraser's (2000 and 2003) concept of justice, this chapter outlines the development of the neoliberal doctrine in higher education and analyses how it influenced the official discourse in Croatia with respect to the concepts of development, and the role of the state and higher education in particular. The analysis shows that the official rhetoric primarily advanced a marketized conception of higher education whose rote is to service the labor market and contribute to economic growth. This dominant framing of the role of higher education is contrasted to the oppositional discursive framing by the Independent Student Initiative, a student protest movement in Zagreb that has rejected neoliberal reforms of higher education. The movement framed higher education as a public good and emphasized the role of the state in shielding public services from privatization and commodification. The oppositional discourse of the Independent Student Initiative is interpreted as a transformative struggle against socio-economic injustice which has extended the spectrum of the political Left in Croatia." (author's abstract).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2014/2