Re-thinking Academic Politics in (Re)unified Germany and the United States: Comparative Academic Politics & the Case of East German Historians

This text uses case studies to engage historical and contemporary issues in academic politics, arguing for the importance of this often-dismissed facet of academic work. The author’s treatment includes discussions of issues as the Enola Gay exhibit, the science debates in the USA, and the politics of academic evaluations and hiring practices. The book should interest students and scholars of international and comparative education, higher education policy and practice, cultural studies, and science studies.