Ideology, "Truth" and Spin: Dialectic Relations between the Neoliberal Think-Tank Movement and Academia in Australia

Autor/inn/en	Thompson, Lester; Wadley, David
Titel	Ideology, "Truth" and Spin: Dialectic Relations between the Neoliberal Think-Tank Movement and Academia in Australia
Quelle	In: Australian Universities' Review, 59 (2017) 1, S.76-86 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0818-8068
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Ideology; Neoliberalism; Organizations (Groups); Educational Policy; Public Policy; Policy Formation; Universities; School Business Relationship; Partnerships in Education; Information Dissemination; Strategic Planning; Global Approach; School Role; Public Opinion; Attitude Change; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ideologie; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politische Betätigung; University; Universität; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Informationsverbreitung; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Globales Denken; Öffentliche Meinung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Australien
Abstract	The context of contemporary universities restrains their ability to drive public policy. Yet, currently, they confront the relative success of a global network of neoliberal institutes, referred to as think-tanks, promoting freedoms derived from particular ideologies. Neoliberal reasoning has so moulded classical ideas of individual freedom into a radical hegemony of market supremacy that, in one application, it discounts scientific acknowledgement of anthropogenic climate change and seeks to deny its existence. This article links think-tanks, commercial and government media within a neoliberal alliance, which aims to "balance" public information through ideological promulgations. It further contends that, largely of their own making, universities lack the philosophical positioning, will and the organisation effectively to meet this challenge. Situational analysis, strategy formulation and changes to practice are required before any meaningful response can be contemplated. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01