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Interdisciplinary antecedents, contexts and encouragements -- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Capitalising on play : the corporatisation of sport/physical education spaces -- The sport-education-corporate nexus : global cases -- The sport-education-corporate nexus : regional cases -- The sport-education-corporate nexus : local cases -- Toward a nexus typology and beyond.

Preface -- Introduction -- Foundations1900-1966 -- National expansion 1968-1982 -- International firm 1983-1989 -- Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 1990-1993 -- Recovery and restructure 1994-2000 -- Corporatisation and growth 2000-2017 -- Appendix 1. Deloitte family tree -- Appendix 2. NZSA presidents -- Appendix 3. Public company audits 1971

"From schools to hospitals, from utilities to food banks, over the past thirty years corporatization has transformed the public sector in Canada. Economic elites take control of public institutions and use business metrics to evaluate their performance, transforming public programs into corporate revenue streams. Senior managers use corporate methodology to set priorities in social services and create "market-friendly" public sector cultures. Even social activist organizations increasingly look and act like multinational corporations while non-governmental organizations pursue partnerships with the same corporations they ostensibly oppose. However, little attention has been devoted to exploring what corporatization means, to investigating how it is employed in different institutions, or to assessing its impact. Corporatizing Canada critically examines how corporatization has been implemented in different ways across the Canadian public sector and warns us of the threat that neoliberal corporatization poses to democratic decision-making and the public at large."--

If there is one sector of society that should be cultivating deep thought in itself and others, it is academia. Yet the corporatisation of the contemporary university has sped up the clock, demanding increased speed and efficiency from faculty regardless of the consequences for education and scholarship. In The Slow Professor, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of the Slow movement in academic life can counter this erosion of humanistic education. Focusing on the individual faculty member and his or her own professional practice, Berg and Seeber present both an analysis of the culture of speed in the academy and ways of alleviating stress while improving teaching, research, and collegiality. The Slow Professor will be a must-read for anyone in academia concerned about the frantic pace of contemporary university life.

Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1 -- Corporatisation and Privatisation in Australia -- Peter Fairbrother, Michael Paddon and Julian Teicher -- CHAPTER 2 -- Entering the International Aviation Industry: -- Privatisation of QANTAS -- Rai Small -- CHAPTER 3 -- Interationalising Telecommunications: Telstra -- Ruth Barton -- CHAPTER 4 -- Preparing for the National Electricity Market: -- The New South Wales Electricity Industry -- Duncan MacDonald and Mark Bray -- CHAPTER 5 -- The Advent of Multi-national Ownership of the Victorian -- Electricity Generating Plants: Questions for Labour -- Peter Fairbrother and Jonathon Testi -- CHAPTER 6 -- Privatisation by Stealth: -- The Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria -- Ruth Barton -- CHAPTER 7 -- Where are the Jobs in the Job Network?: -- Competitive Tendering of Employment Services -- Patricia Ranald -- CHAPTER 8 -- Privatising Local Government: The Victorian Experience -- Julian Teicher and Beradine Van Gramberg -- CHAPTER 9 -- State Restructuring and Labour -- Peter Fairbrother and Michael Paddon

"Despite the more general social, political and economic advances that have been made under the ANC's rule since 1994, power has not only remained in the hands of a small minority but has increasingly been exercised in service to capital. This has seen the ANC become the key political vehicle, in party and state form as well as application, of corporate capital; both domestic and international, black and white, local and national and constitutive of a range of different fractions. As a result, 'transformation' has largely taken the form of macro-acceptance of, combined with micro-incorporation into, the capitalist system, now minus its specific and formal apartheid frame. What has happened in South Africa over the last twenty-two years is the corporatisation of liberation; the generalised political and economic commodification of society and its development; with all the attendant impacts on governance, the exercise of power, the understanding and practice of democracy as well as political, economic and social relations."--

"In cities around the world, digital technologies are utilized to manage city services and infrastructures, govern urban life, solve urban issues, and to drive local and regional economies. While "smart city" advocates are keen to promote the benefits of smart urbanism - increased efficiency, sustainability, resilience, competitiveness, safety and security - critics point to the negative effects, such as the production of technocratic governance, the corporatisation of urban services, technological lock-ins, privacy harms, and vulnerability to cyberattack. This book, through a range of international case studies, suggests social, political and practical interventions that would enable more equitable and just smart cities, reaping the benefits of smart city initiatives while minimizing some of their perils. Included are case studies from Ireland, the United States of America, Colombia, The Netherlands, Singapore, India and the United Kingdom. These essays discuss a range of issues including political economy, citizenship, standards, testbedding, urban regeneration, ethics, surveillance, privacy and cybersecurity. This book will be of interest to urban policymakers, as well as researchers in Regional Studies and Urban Planning"--