Stealing Time: Postcolonial Bureaucracies and the Iron Cage of Education
Business & Society: Founded at Roosevelt University
Published online on January 09, 2026
Abstract
Business & Society, Ahead of Print.
This commentary argues that bureaucratic time theft is a form of postcolonial governance that extracts citizens’ time, energy, and dignity through redundant administrative procedures rooted in colonial mistrust. Using higher education as a key site, it ...
This commentary argues that bureaucratic time theft is a form of postcolonial governance that extracts citizens’ time, energy, and dignity through redundant administrative procedures rooted in colonial mistrust. Using higher education as a key site, it ...