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Poison in the Well
University under Siege from Authoritarianism in Hungary and the United States
Series: - Education, Culture, and Society, Volume: 11
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We are living through a moment in which universities no longer provide a safeguard for democracy but are politically captured by illiberal and fascist forces. This book compares the United States and Hungary, showing how universities are being reshaped by neoliberal governance, political pressure, and autocratic ambition. Universitiesâoften voluntarily and preemptivelyâare weakening their ability to resist political control. Autocrats thrive when critical education is diminished, and citizens are easily manipulated.
If you care about democracy, you cannot ignore this bookâs analysis of what is happening inside universities.
If you care about democracy, you cannot ignore this bookâs analysis of what is happening inside universities.
Barbara Franz, Ph.D. is Professor of Political Science at Rider University and Fulbright Scholar with current interests in autocracy in higher education, extremism and the state, resistance movements, immigration, and identity politics. She is the author of Immigration Youth, Hip Hop and Online Games and Uprooted and Unwanted: Bosnian Refugees in Austria and the United States. She is active in advocacy for immigrant justice.
This books is especially relevant for faculty members and students hoping to understand how their universities have betrayed their ideals. Hopefully, it will attract critical scholars, administrators, activists, and policymakers, and ideally a general readership.