Working conditions in a marketised university system : generation precarity / Krista Bonello, Lena Wånggren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonello, Krista, author.

Wånggren, Lena, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teachers--Great Britain.

College teachers.

Job security--Great Britain.

Job security.

Universities and colleges--Great Britain--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 297 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.

Summary:

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 five 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.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Generation Precarity

2. The Study: Working Conditions in a Marketised University System

3. Limbo: Precarious Livelihoods, Teaching and Research

4. Insecurity

5. Identity, Institutions and Networks

6. Strategies of Resistance

7. Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?.

Notes:

Includes index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 6, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Bonello, Krista Working Conditions in a Marketised University System

ISBN:

9783031426551

303142655X

OCLC:

1412047016

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.