Cannizzo, Fabian, and Osbaldiston, Nick (2019) An introduction to the social structures of global academia. In: Cannizzo, Fabian, and Osbaldiston, Nick, (eds.) The Social Structures of Global Academia. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 1-18.

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Abstract

This chapter introduces the contributions to this volume and also frames them in a global political economy and academia as a global practice. Research by scholars such as Steven Ward have laid the groundwork for understanding how global political economy influences the organisation of academic work, while others have explored how academics work in changing national settings, such as Mary Henkel, Tony Becher and Paul Trowler, and Pierre Bourdieu. Sociologists such as Robert Merton and Max Weber have also historically attempted to define what is unique about scientific communities, while Edward Shils and others have commented on academia more specifically. This chapter has two parts: Firstly, it presents an overview theoretical perspectives of academic work within a globalised world. The global political economy of education, developments in technology that invoke a ‘digital academic’, what is valued by academics and universities, and how academics are responding to their environments individually and collectively: these phenomena cannot be divorced from the communities and networks in which academics live and work. Both work and non-work life for academics are increasingly mobile, precarious, entrepreneurial, networked, individualised and mystified. Secondly, this chapter critically examines the nature of study within this field, including this volume, and considers what needs to be done in moving forward.

Item ID:	58229
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	978-0-429-46585-7
Keywords:	academic labour; academia; universities; social theory
Date Deposited:	08 Jul 2019 02:54
FoR Codes:	44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4410 Sociology > 441005 Social theory @ 60% 39 EDUCATION > 3902 Education policy, sociology and philosophy > 390203 Sociology of education @ 40%
SEO Codes:	93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9305 Education and Training Systems > 930501 Education and Training Systems Policies and Development @ 100%
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