Working Conditions in a Marketised University System
Generation Precarity
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Beschreibung
This book provides an in-depth qualitative report on casualised academic staff in the UK, mapping shared experiences and strategies for resistance. Bringing together testimonial data spanning seven years, it offers evidence of how precarious labour conditions have persisted, shifted and intensified. The book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars in the fields of education, human resources management, labour studies and sociology, as well as trade unionists and university policymakers.
This book provides an in-depth qualitative report on casualised academic staff in the UK, mapping shared experiences and strategies for resistance. Bringing together testimonial data spanning seven years, it offers evidence of how precarious labour conditions have persisted, shifted and intensified. The book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars in the fields of education, human resources management, labour studies and sociology, as well as trade unionists and university policymakers.
Considers intersectional equalities issues alongside precarity Analyses numerous successful campaigns by casualised workers Includes examples from across the humanities, social sciences and STEM
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Krista Bonello
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"This is a landmark book, dexterously weaving together careful empirical analysis and powerful political critique. Its insightful exploration of the deeply destructive impacts of academic precarity – drawing on comprehensive statistics and rich interview data – is sobering but rousing. It provides readers not just with a more nuanced understanding of worrying changes in UK higher education in recent years but also with fresh and hopeful ideas on how to produce progressive change in academic working conditions in the years ahead. A game-changing contribution which should be compulsory reading for all those working – or struggling to work – in contemporary academia." (Maria do Mar Pereira, University of Warwick, UK)
"This book is a damning indictment of precarity in academia. It brings to life the experiences of academics in precarious employment in UK universities. It will make you angry. It will make you cry. Importantly, it will also show you a seed of hope arising in theirvoice and collective action to change the situation – for all of us." (Ana Lopes, Newcastle University, UK)
“Bonello’s and Wånggren’s super power is to make you see the invisibilised and hear the silenced. They transform the 'ghosts' of higher education into real flesh and blood individuals and center the marginalised. An uncomfortable read for the ruling classes of higher education; an empowering one for everybody else." (Cecile Menard, University of Edinburgh, UK)
"This book is a stark reminder of the elephant in the ivory tower. It voices the woes of academics in precarious positions which, for years and presently, curtail the capacity-building and work-life balance of generations of researchers, educators and students. Beyond this, the book also offers an emancipatory vision of sustainable reform. It is a must-read for anyone invested in the future of education." (Maria Brown, University of Malta, Malta)
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