Academic Freedom at the Dawn of a New Century

by Gerstmann, Evan; Streb, Matthew J.; Rabban, David M.

• ISBN13: 9780804754446
• ISBN10: 0804754446
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-30
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

This volume explores the state of academic freedom in the United States and abroad. What impact have the attacks of September 11th and the ensuing war on terrorism had on free speech, access to information, government funding of the sciences, and other cornerstones of freedom of inquiry at American universities? How has the renewed emphasis on patriotism affected the "culture wars" that aroused so much controversy on American campuses? And how does academic freedom in the United States compare to that of other nations? To engage these crucial questions, the editors have assembled some of the nation's leading experts on academic freedom, from a broad range of disciplines including law, political science, and the history of science.

Author Biography

Evan Gerstmann is associate professor and chair of the department of political science at Loyola Marymount University. He has published two books on constitutional law, The Constitutional Class: Gays, Lesbians and the Failure of Class-Based Equal Protection(1999) and Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution(2003). Matthew J. Streb is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of The New Electoral Politics of Race and coauthor of Clued in to Politics: A Critical Thinking Reader in American Government.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
David M. Rabban
Acknowledgments	xv
Part One. Introduction
1. The Reemergence of the Academic Freedom Debate	3	(14)
Matthew J. Streb
2. Three Conceptions of Academic Freedom	17	(26)
Timothy C. Shiell
Part Two. Academic Freedom and American Universities
3. Academic Freedom in the Post–September 11 Era: An Old Game with New Rules	43	(18)
Robert M. O'Neil
4. Political Mobilization and Resistance to Censorship	61	(18)
Donald A. Downs
5. Censoring Science: Lessons from the Past for the Post-9/11 Era	79	(20)
M. Susan Lindee
Part Three. Academic Freedom in Global Perspective
6. Academic Freedom in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia: Looking Toward the NEAR Future	99	(16)
John Akker
7. Academic Freedom in Western Europe: Right or Privilege?	115	(15)
Antonio Brown
8. Formal Freedoms, Informal Violence: Academic Freedom and Human Rights in Latin America	130	(27)
Enrique Desmond Arias
Part Four. Conclusions, Reflections, and Remarks on Academic Freedom
9. Two Theories of Self-Censorship	157	(18)
Paul M. Sniderman
10. The Century Ahead: A Brief Survey of Potential Threats to Freedom of Speech, Thought, and Inquiry at American Universities	175	(12)
Evan Gerstmann
Notes	187	(28)
Bibliography	215	(16)
Contributors	231	(4)
Index	235