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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 3(12), pp. 642 - 648
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2015.031202
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The National Russian Model of University at the Era of Academic Capitalism
Svetlana Sharonova 1,2,*, Elena Nazarova 3, Nataly Erokhova 1
1 Faculty of Social Sciences, St. Tikhon's Orthodox University, Russia
2 Institute of World Economy and Business, People's Friendship University of Russia, Russia
3 Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia
ABSTRACT
The transformation of the national model of Russian University is under the influence of academic capitalism. The very same academic capitalism was born in the depth of the neoliberal capitalism. The basic principles of the neoliberalization were fully implemented within the transformation of national educational systems: - An arrangement of conditions to accumulate capital and political power in economic elite circles; - A denial of the concept of nation, and, consequently, a promotion of an idea that the government interference in economy is dangerous (in this case in the form of minimization government interference in education); - Assistance in independent and stable functioning of the whole education system including all the levels and elements (schools, institutes, universities, etc.). In Russia and other countries, this leads to the destruction of national educational systems. E. Durkheim said that if in society there are many cultures than each of them which have its own education system. G. Simmel argued that cultural diversity enriches the world community. However the implementation of neoliberal policy in the field of education under the slogan of "globalization" ignores the law and seeks to simplify the interaction between the educational systems in order to achieve clarity and transparency of market exchange. Author analyzes on the example of Russia the trends that resulted from the modernization of the education system that implements neoliberal principles and creates academic capitalism. Virtually neoliberal utopian promises in practice lead to quite the opposite, rather than expected results.
KEYWORDS
Neolibiralization, Academic Capitalism, National Education System, Globalization, Modernization
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[1] Svetlana Sharonova , Elena Nazarova , Nataly Erokhova , "The National Russian Model of University at the Era of Academic Capitalism," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 3, No. 12, pp. 642 - 648, 2015. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2015.031202.
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Svetlana Sharonova , Elena Nazarova , Nataly Erokhova (2015). The National Russian Model of University at the Era of Academic Capitalism. Sociology and Anthropology, 3(12), 642 - 648. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2015.031202.