Academic Labour, Unemployment and Global Higher Education

Abstract

Palgrave Critical Universities Studies Series Editor: John Smyth, University of Hudderfield, UK This book explores how the kinds of world-wide restructurings of higher education and research work that are underway today have not only increased employment insecurity in academia but may actually be producing unemployment both for those within academia and for graduate job-seekers in other sectors. Recent and current re-organisations of higher education and research work, and re-orientations of academic life (as students, researchers, teachers) generally, which are taking place around the world, achieve exactly the opposite of what they claim: though ostensibly undertaken to facilitate employment, these moves actually produce unemployment both for those within academia and for graduate job-seekers in other sectors. 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.