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My chapter ‘The Role of Political and Policy Studies in Higher Education Policy Research’ in the book Theory and Method in Higher Education Research Chapter The Role of Political and Policy Studies in Higher Education...
Well, I would start with Ngugi's essay on the abolition of the English Department. There's a little bit about English departments in The Empire Writes Back...and maybe some references in there you could follow up. Been a while since I read the latter, so can't be specific.