Towards a Politics of the Enterprise University (Part Two: Perspectives on the University Today) (Critical Essay‪)‬

I. Starting Points The Enterprise University is the archetypal university of the time. This article analyses the Enterprise University as a political formation. In doing so, it draws its methods from political economy and social theory. The paper treats material production, government policy, university governance and political culture in the Enterprise University as together forming a system of action, which is the site in which university enterprise is practised. I define this system, examine some of its joins and junctions, and consider its externalities: the social meanings and effects constituted by the Enterprise University.