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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814374503321

Autore

Smelser Neil J

Titolo

Reflections on the University of California : from the free speech movement to the global university / / Neil J. Smelser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-55625-8

9786612556258

0-520-94600-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 pages)

Disciplina

378.794/67

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - California - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE. Conflict and Adaptation -- PART TWO. Diversity, Affirmative Action, and the Culture Wars -- PART THREE. Governance and Coordination -- PART FOUR. Marrying Analysis and Action -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

These invaluable essays offer an insider's perspective on three decades at a major American university during a time of political turmoil. Neil J. Smelser, who spent thirty-six years as a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, sheds new light on a full range of the issues that dominated virtually all institutions of higher learning during the second half of the twentieth century. Smelser considers student activism-in particular the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley-political surprises, affirmative action, multiculturalism and the culture wars, and much more. As one of the leading sociologists of his generation, Smelser is uniquely qualified to convey and analyze the complexities of administrating a first-rate and very large university as it encounters a highly politicized environment.