The New French Resistance: Commodification Rejected?

The Commodification of Academic Research

Since the 1980s, most universities in the Western world have experienced substantial changes as a consequence of an ongoing process of commodification. Commodification affects a variety of aspects of higher education, such as research, teaching, administration, and even such nonacademic activities as the intercollegiate sports programs of U.S. universities. This book focuses on one of these asp...

Rejected Articles

(Re-)De-commodification in academic knowledge distribution?

This paper argues that the system of formal scholarly publication is now in its third phase of evolution. This phase has not yet taken full shape, but will – in contrast to phase II which was the age of increasing commodification – be characterised by a strong de-commodified core with only a few niches for commercial publishers. The main reasons for this development are found to be economic, fu...

The commodification of human reproductive materials.

This essay develops a framework for thinking about the moral basis for the commodification of human reproductive materials. It argues that selling and buying gametes and genes is morally acceptable although there should not be a market for zygotes, embryos, or genomes. Also a market in gametes and genes should be regulated in order to address concerns about the adverse social consequences of co...

Commodification of Transitioning Ethnic Enclaves

This literature review examines the changing roles of ethnic enclaves, the question of their authenticity, and their value as commodified spaces, giving special attention to Little Italy neighborhoods in the United States. Understanding the roles of ethnic enclaves requires some understanding about immigrants' identities. For some theorists, immigrants become blended into society over the cours...