Series Editor's Introduction
Introduction: Theorising the University in an Age of Uncertainty,
The Editors
Part I: Social Theory and University Governance
1. Social Theory and Academic Governance, Mark Murphy (University
of Glasgow, UK)
2. University Management as Court Society: A Processual Analysis of
the Rise of University Management, Eric Lybeck (University of
Manchester, UK)
3. Tales From the Matrix: Student Satisfaction as a Form of
Governmentality, Stephen Day and Anne Pirrie, (University of the
West of Scotland, UK)
4. What Does it Mean to Assess Quality? A Sociohistorical Analysis
of Quality Assurance Systems in Chilean Higher Education, Tomás
Koch (Playa Ancha University, Chile) and Julio Labraña (University
Diego Portales, Chile)
Part II: Social Theory and the Politics of Academic Life
5. The Politics of Academic Life: Professional Identities and
Intellectual Selves in Neo-Liberal Times, Cristina Costa (Durham
University, UK)
6. The Experimental Rhythms of Academic Work, Fabian Cannizzo
(Monash University, Australia)
7. Exploring Academic Identities in the Neoliberal University,
David Hodgson and Lynelle Watts (Curtin University, Australia)
8. Gender and the University: Stories So Far and Spaces Between,
Kate Carruthers Thomas (Birmingham City University, UK)
9. On Epistemonormativity: From Epistemic Injustices to Feminist
Academic Caringzenship, Luísa Winter Pereira (University of Granada
& University of Coimbra)
10. Governing The ‘Good’ Casual Academic: Institutionalised
‘Othering’ Practices, Alexandra Jones, Jess Harris (University of
Newcastle, Australia), Nerida Spina and Jen Azordagen (Queensland
University of Technology, Australia)
Part III: Social Theory and The Student Experience
11. Student Politics: Resistance, Refusal and Representation,
Ciaran Burke (University of the West of England, UK) and Rille
Raaper (Durham University, UK)
12. Habermas and Foucault: Understanding Hostility to Higher
Education and Graduate Debt, Cedomir Vuckovic (University
Manchester, UK)
13. Neoliberal governmentality in Peruvian Higher Education: A case
study of student union resistance and conflict, Diego A.
Salazar-Morales (King’s College, London, UK)
14. The Space of Authoring in Constructing Student and Graduate
Career Identities, Fiona Christie, James Rattenbury and Fiona
Creaby (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
References
Index
Offers critical perspectives and case studies of academic and student life in higher education through the lens of social theory.
Mark Murphy is a Reader in Education and Public Policy at
the University of Glasgow, UK. He is the editor of the Social
Theory and Methodology in Education Research series
(Bloomsbury).
Ciaran Burke is Associate Professor of Education in the
Department of Education and Childhood, University of the West of
England, UK.
Cristina Costa is Assistant Professor in the School of
Education at Durham University, UK.
Rille Raaper is Assistant Professor in the School of
Education at Durham University, UK.
The book thus provides much food for thought: on the current state
of power and politics of HE and its future, on the relationship
between social theory, methodology and practice and how to balance
such considerations, and on the issue of reflection and reflexivity
in research publications.
*International Journal of Research & Method in Education*
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