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About this book
Higher education is going through a turbulent period of change. Based on a research project coordinated by J^Durgen Enders at the University of Kassel in Germany, the book highlights the changes taking place in higher education and examines the working conditions of academic staff in fourteen European countries. All countries in the study have seen changes regarding the actors and procedures relevant for the regulation of the employment relationships of academic staff. Academic staff are higher education's most important asset and most costly resource. Employment and working conditions of academic staff are, therefore, not only influenced by these developments but seen as an important tool for adaptation to the new circumstances higher education faces. Thus it is not only of interest to demonstrate and compare variations across and within countries, but also to analyze the outcomes of the changing academic environment on the academic labor market and the conditions of working life.
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Table of contents
- Series Foreword by Philip G. Altbach
- Preface
- 1. Between State Control and Academic Capitalism: A Comparative Perspective on Academic Staff in Europe Jürgen Enders
- 2. The Academic Profession in the Two Communities of Belgium Karel Tavernier
- 3. Academic Staff in Denmark: The Consequences of Massification in a Small Country John E. Andersen
- 4. The Changing Nature of Academic Employment in Finnish Higher Education Jussi Välimaa
- 5. Professional Diversity in a Centralized System: Academic Staff in France Thierry Chevaillier
- 6. Unsolved Problems and Inadequate Solutions: The Situation of Academic Staff in German Higher Education Uwe Schimank
- 7. The Academic Profession in Greece: Current State and Conditions of Employment Dimitrios G. Tsaoussis
- 8. Academic Staff in Ireland: The Right of Tenure Enacted and Endorsed Maureen Killeavy and Marie Coleman
- 9. A Guild in Transition: The Italian Case Roberto Moscati
- 10. The End of Public Employment in Dutch Higher Education? Egbert de Weert
- 11. Expansion, Reorganization, and Discontent among Academic Staff: The Norwegian Case Svein Kyvik, Ole-Jacob Skodvin, Jens-Christian Smeby, and Susanne Lehmann Sundnes
- 12. The Academic Profession in a Massifying System: The Portuguese Case Virgílio A. Meira Soares
- 13. Adapting to Change: The Academic Profession in Spain José-Ginés Mora
- 14. The Academic Profession in Sweden: Diversity and Change in an Egalitarian System Berit Askling
- 15. Profession or Proletariat: Academic Staff in the United Kingdom after Two Decades of Change Oliver Fulton and Chris Holland
- Index
- About the Contributors