Boussebaa, M. (2020) In the shadow of empire: Global Britain and the UK business school. Organization, 27(3), pp. 483-493. (doi: 10.1177/1350508419855700)
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Abstract
In this essay, I scrutinize the ‘Global Britain’ project championed by the UK government since the Brexit vote and reflect on the role played by business schools in it. My argument is twofold. First, I contend the project is bound up with British imperialism, being at once the expression of a melancholic attachment to the colonial Empire of yesteryear and part of a long-standing effort to renew Britain’s imperial greatness in the so-called ‘postcolonial’ era. Second, I maintain that business schools, while notionally anti-Brexit, are complicit in the Global Britain project by virtue of propagating elements of its imperialist discourse. I conclude with some reflections on our role as scholars and educators in fostering debate on this project and challenging its imperialist underbelly.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Boussebaa, Professor Mehdi |
| Authors: | Boussebaa, M. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Management |
| Journal Name: | Organization |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| ISSN: | 1350-5084 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1461-7323 |
| Published Online: | 19 June 2019 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2019 The Author |
| First Published: | First published in Organization 27(3): 483-493 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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