ABSTRACT
This part conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters. The part argues that countering corporate agendas and narratives that serve the interests of the elites involves a very different conception – and narrative – of the public, thus raising the possibility of alternative kinds of research and education. The struggle to create an effective public presumes a radical re-organisation of the hierarchical logics of corporate governance to be found everywhere impacting upon everyday life. If the market is like a mind providing a collective rationality able ‘spontaneously’ to give the best solutions between competing demands, then research and education that is driven by that logic is judged solely by market considerations and practices. On the neoliberal wing, dominated by market notions of ‘efficiency’ and effectiveness on the one hand and on the other the forms of knowledge, skills and ingenuity required to be market competitive.
