Critical scholarship in a hostile climate: Academics and the public

By Steve Tombs and David Whyte, The Conversation. Corporations are involved in every area of our lives. In our education, health, welfare and criminal justice systems, they are ever-present. So obvious is this 'fact' of life that it is often only in moments of crisis – such as the recent Hazelwood coal mine fire for the residents of Morwell in Australia – that we bother to question the consequences of corporate activity. Read more...