Academic labour, unemployment and global higher education : neoliberal policies of funding and management /: neoliberal policies of funding and management. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Suman Gupta, Jernej Habjan, Hrvoje Tutek, editors.
• Editors: Gupta, Suman, 1966-; Habjan, Jernej; Tutek, Hrvoje
• Contents: Series Editor's Preface; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Academia and€the€Production of€Unemployment; References; Part I: The Political Economy of Higher Education Policy Initiatives Now; Chapter 2: The Implausible Knowledge Triangle of€the€Western Balkans; The Knowledge Economy as€a€Neoliberal Script; Epistemic Communities as€Knowledge-Economy Scripters; Lisbon's Bumpy Travels to€the€Western Balkans; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Human and€Inhuman Capital, and€Schooling: The€Case of€Slovenia; The History and€Political Effects of€Human-ƯCapital Theory. Capital, Profit, WageHuman Capital and€Education; References; Chapter 4: Privatising Minds: New Educational Policies in€India; Introduction; State Conceptualisations of Higher Education; Higher Education: From Good to Goods; Privatisation of Higher Education and the Corporate Corpus; In Lieu of a Conclusion; References; Part II: Management and Leadership Against Academic Freedom; Chapter 5: 'Academic Leadership' and€the€Conditions of€Academic Work; The Big Picture; Observations from€the€UK; References; Chapter 6: Not Working: Shared Services and€the€Production of€Unemployment. What Is Shared Services? Management Theory and€Academic ApplicationsShared Services in€Context; Lessons and€Reflections; References; Part III: Generation Gaps and Economic Dependency in Academic Life; Chapter 7: Graduate Unemployment in€Post-Haircut Cyprus: Where Have All the€Students Gone?; The Evolution of€Higher Education in€Cyprus; The Haircut and€Its Aftermath; Graduate Stories; Panayiotis Christodoulou, 26, Nicosia, Cyprus; The Value of€a€Degree versus Doing Jobs That Are Irrelevant to€It; The Difficulties of€Finding a€Satisfying and€Appropriate Job; Unemployment. The Future: Living in€or Leaving Cyprus Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: 'Dare to€Dare': Academic Pedagogy in€Times of€Flattened Hierarchies; The Antinomies of€the€'Social'; 'Dare to€Dare'; Academia's New Pedagogy; References; Chapter 9: Cannibalising the€Collegium: The€Plight of€the€Humanities and€Social Sciences in€the€Managerial University; The Expanding Academy: Australian Higher Education Since World War II; The Rise of€the€Remote Technocrats; Taming Managerialism: Beyond the€Taylorist University; Conclusion; References. Chapter 10: Between Career Progression and€Career Stagnation: Casualisation, Tenure, and€the€Contract of€Indefinite Duration in€Ireland Context: The€Rise and€Fall of€ the€Public University; The Decline of€Academic Tenure; Between Progression and€Stagnation: The€Case of€Ireland; Coda; References; Part IV: The Scope of Collective Action in Academia; Chapter 11: Are University Struggles Worth Fighting?; Conceptual Framework; Case Study: A€Spillover of€University Struggle; References.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 378.1/2; Education; Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Employment; Unemployment; Education, Higher -- Economic aspects; Education, Higher -- Finance; Education, Higher; Globalization; Industrial sociology; Management; EDUCATION -- Higher; Education, Higher -- Economic aspects; Education, Higher -- Finance; Unemployment; Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Employment; Akademiker; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitslosigkeit; Bildungspolitik; Political Science -- Globalization; Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Business & Economics -- Management; Globalization; Educational strategies & policy; Sociology: work & labour; Management & management techniques; Education -- Higher; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137493248; 1137493240; 1137493232; 9781137493231
• Related ISBNs: 9781137493231
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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