Who Rules the Universities?: An Essay in Class Analysis
- ISBN-10
- 0853453209
- ISBN-13
- 9780853453208
- Category
- Social classes
- Pages
- 295
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1974
- Publisher
- New York : Monthly Review Press
- Authors
- David M. Smith, David N. Smith, Professor of Geography David M Smith
Description
In this work ; Riesman and Jencks describe what they contend is the true “ academic revolution ” of recent times— “ the rise to power of the academic profession . ” 8 No longer is power concentrated primarily in the hands of university ...
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