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Title
Neoliberalism and Environmental Education: An Analysis of Australian Online Recruitment Advertisements
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008:
Author(s)
Publication Date
2008
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008
Abstract
This paper draws upon content and critical discourse analysis to probe the infiltration and material effects of neoliberalism in environmental education. Specifically, the analysis explores how neoliberal discourse in Australian online recruitment advertisements discursively constructs environmental education in terms of its nature, subject positions and social practices. The argument subscribes to the view that neoliberalism is not a monolithic project based on a unitary and coherent philosophy, but a complex, contradictory and often hybrid assemblage. Furthermore, the argument advances that empirical studies. such as the qualitative analysis of recruitment advertisements (re)presented here. contest the putative hegemony of neoliberalism by drawing the contextualised complexities and contradictions into relief and, thereby, open to critique and resistance.
Publication Type
Journal Article
Source of Publication
International Journal of the Humanities, 6(7), p. 7-13
Publisher
Common Ground Research Networks
Place of Publication
United States of America
ISSN
1447-9559
1447-9508
Peer Reviewed
Yes
HERDC Category Description
Peer Reviewed
Yes
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