Working Conditions in a Marketised University System Generation Precarity

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....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bonello, Krista, Wånggren, Lena (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of 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?