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Motivation, markets and meaning: Perceptions of higher education in students at élite and local universities in England and Cuba (2023)
Journal Article

This article reports research exploring students’ perceptions of higher education in traditional and local universities in England and Cuba. The study has explored parallels identified in the course of research-informed teaching that harvested qualit... Read More about Motivation, markets and meaning: Perceptions of higher education in students at élite and local universities in England and Cuba.

Hegemony (2020)
Book Chapter

Hegemony is one the most powerful concepts to understand reality in any social scientist's toolbox. Hegemony comes from the term - hegemon meaning leader. Gramsci’s works presented the provocation: how can power be won, and how can it be sustained. T... Read More about Hegemony.

Neoliberal development and struggle against it: The importance of social class, mystification and feasibility (2018)
Journal Article

In this article I introduce and develop neoliberalism through a discussion of Marxism and the way that classed mystification and feasibility are crucial concepts for understanding the maintenance of neoliberalism, and revolutionary possibilities. The... Read More about Neoliberal development and struggle against it: The importance of social class, mystification and feasibility.

Ethnography and Education (2017)
Book Chapter

As described in Beach and Dovemark?s 2007 book, Education and the Commodity Problem , critical researchers have identified two fundamental roles for modern-day schools within capitalist states. These are the ideological and material roles and functio... Read More about Ethnography and Education.