The purpose of this volume is to help jump-start an urgently needed conversation
about fairness and justice in access to higher education to counteract the ubiquitous
mantras of neoliberal globalization and managerialism. The book seeks to carve
out a strong moral and normative basis for opposing mainstream developments
that engender increasing inequality and market-dependency in higher education.
The books chapters consider how different national communities channel access
to higher education, what their "implicit social contracts" are, and what outcomes
are produced by different policies...

The purpose of this volume is to help jump-start an urgently needed conversation
about fairness and justice in access to higher education to counteract the ubiquitous
mantras of neoliberal globalization and managerialism. The book seeks to carve
out a strong moral and normative basis for opposing mainstream developments
that engender increasing inequality and market-dependency in higher education.
The books chapters consider how different national communities channel access
to higher education, what their "implicit social contracts" are, and what outcomes
are produced by different policies...

This edited volume represents a collective contribution to the current debates on developing university research capacity.  The chapters in this volume offer empirical case studies from post-Soviet countries which share a common history, common policies and practices of higher education. These commonalities make the regional focus meaningful and analytically valid. At the same time, the case studies demonstrate divergence from the shared Soviet tradition and offer historical, sociological, and political analyses of how and in what ways universities in former Soviet countries internalised...