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The Death of Public Knowledge? by Aeron Davis (Hardback, 2017)

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The Death of Public Kwledge argues for the value and importance of shared, publicly accessible kwledge, and suggests that the erosion of its most visible forms, including public service broadcasting, education, and the network of public libraries, has worrying outcomes for democracy.With contributions from both activists and academics, this collection of short, sharp essays focuses on different aspects of public kwledge, from libraries and education to news media and public policy. Together, the contributors record the stresses and strains placed upon public kwledge by funding cuts and austerity, the new digital ecomy, quantification and target-setting, neoliberal politics, and inequality. These pressures, the authors contend, t only hinder democracies, but also undermine markets, ecomies, and social institutions and spaces everywhere.Covering areas of international public concern, these polemical, accessible texts include reflections on the fate of schools and education, the takeover of public institutions by private interests, and the corruption of news and information in the financial sector. They cover the compromised Greek media during recent EU negotiations, the role played by media and political elites in the Irish property bubble, the compromising of government policy by corporate interests in the United States and Korea, and the squeeze on public service media in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and the United States.Individually and collectively, these pieces spell out the importance of maintaining public, shared kwledge in all its forms, and offer a rallying cry for doing so, asserting the need for strong public, financial, and regulatory support.ContributorsToril Aalberg, Ian Anstice, Philip Augar, Rodney Benson, Aeron Davis, Des Freedman, Wayne Hope, Ken Jones, Bong-hyun Lee, Colin Leys, Andrew McGettigan, Michael Moran, Aristotelis Nikolaidis, Justin Schlosberg, Henry Silke, Roger Smith, Peter Thompson, Janine R. Wedel, Karel Williams, Kate Wright

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Goldsmith's Press, Goldsmiths, University of London
ISBN-10
1906897395
ISBN-13
9781906897390
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237271712

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Author
Aeron Davis
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Government & Constitution
Type
Textbook

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412g
Height
210mm
Width
140mm

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Place of Publication
London
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20mm
Author Biography
Aeron Davis is Professor of Political Communication and Codirector of the Political Economy Research Centre (PERC) at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Date of Publication
09/06/2017
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Genre
Government & Constitution

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