Academic freedom at the dawn of a new century; how terrorism, governments, and culture wars impact free speech.9780804754446 Academic freedom at the dawn of a new century; how terrorism, governments, and culture wars impact free speech. Ed. by Evan Gerstmann and Matthew J. Streb. Stanford U. Press 2006 241 pages $50.00 Hardcover LC72 This collection of ten essays examines such issues as free speech in and out of the classroom, access to information and government funding of the sciences, focusing on the new patriotism and its relation to "culture wars" so often debated on college campuses. Introductory articles describe the reemergence of the academic freedom debate and the three prevailing conceptions of it. Those on academic freedom within American universities American University, at Washington, D.C.; United Methodist; founded by Bishop J. F. Hurst, chartered 1893, opened in 1914. It was at first a graduate school; an undergraduate college was opened in 1925. Programs provide for student research at many government institutions. analyze the new rules post 9/11, political mobilization mobilization Organization of a nation's armed forces for active military service in time of war or other national emergency. It includes recruiting and training, building military bases and training camps, and procuring and distributing weapons, ammunition, uniforms, and resistance to censorship, and lessons from the past on censoring censoring in epidemiology, a loss of information from a study, whether by subjects dropping out of the study or because of infrequent measurement. science, while the global perspective includes a survey of conditions in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . Concluding articles comment on self-censorship and survey the potential threats to freedom of speech, thought and inquiry at American universities. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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