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Academic Staff in Europe Changing Contexts and Conditions
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Jürgen Enders
ISBN: 0-313-31828-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31828-3
344 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/2001
List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £91.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Between State Control and Academic Capitalism: A Comparative Perspective on Academic Staff in Europe by Jürgen Enders
    The Academic Profession in the Two Communities of Belgium by Karel Tavernier
    Academic Staff in Denmark: The Consequences of Massification in a Small Country by John E. Andersen
    The Changing Nature of Academic Employment in Finnish Higher Education by Jussi Välimaa
    Professional Diversity in a Centralized System: Academic Staff in France by Thierry Chevaillier
    Unsolved Problems and Inadequate Solutions: The Situation of Academic Staff in German Higher Education by Uwe Schimank
    The Academic Profession in Greece: Current State and Conditions of Employment by D.G. Tsaoussis
    Academic Staff in Ireland: The Right of Tenure Enacted and Endorsed by Maureen Killeavy and Marie Coleman
    A Guild in Transition: The Italian Case by Roberto Moscati
    The End of Public Employment in Dutch Higher Education by Egbert de Weert
    Expansion, Reorganization, and Discontent among Academic Staff: The Norwegian Case by Svein Kyvik, Ole-Jacob Skodvin, Jens-Christian Smeby, and Susanne Lehmann Sundnes
    The Academic Profession in a Massifying System: The Portuguese Case by VirgD'ilio A. Meira Soares
    Adapting to Change: The Academic Profession in Spain by José-Ginés Mora
    The Academic Profession in Sweden: Diversity and Change in an Egalitarian System by Berit Askling
    Profession of Prolatariat: Academic Staff in the UK after Two Decades of Change by Oliver Fulton and Chris Holland
    Index
About the Author: JÜRGEN ENDERS is Senior Researcher at the Center for Research on Higher Education and Work, University of Kassel, Germany.
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