Academic Irregularities by Liz Morrish, Helen Sauntson - 9780367784157

Academic IrregularitiesLanguage and Neoliberalism in Higher Education\nAuthor(s): Liz Morrish, Helen Sauntson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367784157, 978-0367784157\nSynopsis\n*RUNNER UP FOR 2021 BAAL BOOK PRIZE*\n\nThis volume serves as a critical examination of the discourses at play in the higher education system and the ways in which these discourses underpin the transmission of neoliberal values in 21st century universities. Situated within a Critical Discourse Analysis-based framework, the book also draws upon other linguistic approaches, including corpus linguistics and appraisal analysis, to unpack the construction and development of the management style known as managerialism, emergent in the 1990s US and UK higher education systems, and the social dynamics and power relations embedded within the discourses at the heart of managerialism in todays universities. Each chapter introduces a particular as.