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The Wider Context of EAP: Neoliberalism, Globalisation, Social Movements and Higher Education

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Moving beyond the usual focus on pedagogy, materials and students, Ding and Bruce tackle the wider contextual influences that have shaped higher education and English for Academic Purposes over the past four decades. They define the socio-economic ideology of neoliberalism and discuss how neoliberalism has reshaped universities, including their internal and external relationships. They discuss the economic development and social roles that governments have mandated for universities during the neoliberal era of the past four decades and their effects. They then discuss the influences exerted upon universities by globalisation and contemporary social movements, such as therapeutism. The final section then locates the discipline of EAP within the setting of the contemporary university and considers how it has been shaped by these wider contextual influences.

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Ding, A., Bruce, I. (2017). The Wider Context of EAP: Neoliberalism, Globalisation, Social Movements and Higher Education. In: The English for Academic Purposes Practitioner. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59737-9_2

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