Academic Casualization in Australia: Class Divisions in Universities

Brown, A; Goodman, J; Yasukawa, K

Academic Casualization in Australia: Class Divisions in Universities

Brown, A Goodman, J Yasukawa, K

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Citation:: Brown Anthony, Goodman James, and Yasukawa Keiko 2010, 'Academic Casualization in Australia: Class Divisions in Universities', Sage, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 169-182.
Issue Date:: 2010

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dc.contributor.author	Brown, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Goodman, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Yasukawa, K	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-02-07T06:25:32Z
dc.date.available	2011-02-07T06:25:32Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en_US
dc.identifier	2009004864	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Brown Anthony, Goodman James, and Yasukawa Keiko 2010, 'Academic Casualization in Australia: Class Divisions in Universities', Sage, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 169-182.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0022-1856	en_US
dc.identifier.other	C1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13871
dc.description.abstract	Casualization of teaching has become a major issue in Australian universities. In 1990 casuals delivered about a tenth of all university teaching. By 2008 between a third and a half of university teaching was being delivered by casuals. Quantitative studies have assessed the scale of casualization; this qualitative study addresses the experience of casual academics. It documents a sharpening class divide among academics, which has become institutionally embedded. It reports on interviews with casual academics examining how the divide is experienced, and how it may be addressed. Academic casuals report underpayment and compromised quality; they experience persistent income insecurity; and they find themselves voiceless in the workplace. These experiences are interpreted as aspects of class subordination, and possibilities for addressing them are discussed.	en_US
dc.publisher	Sage	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Verified OK	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185609359443	en_US
dc.subject	casualisation; higher education; university staff; academic labour	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Higher Education	en_US
dc.title	Academic Casualization in Australia: Class Divisions in Universities	en_US
dc.type	Journal article
utslib.citation.volume	52	en_US
utslib.citation.number	2	en_US
utslib.location	London	en_US
utslib.citation.startpage	169	en_US
utslib.citation.endpage	182	en_US
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Abstract:

Casualization of teaching has become a major issue in Australian universities. In 1990 casuals delivered about a tenth of all university teaching. By 2008 between a third and a half of university teaching was being delivered by casuals. Quantitative studies have assessed the scale of casualization; this qualitative study addresses the experience of casual academics. It documents a sharpening class divide among academics, which has become institutionally embedded. It reports on interviews with casual academics examining how the divide is experienced, and how it may be addressed. Academic casuals report underpayment and compromised quality; they experience persistent income insecurity; and they find themselves voiceless in the workplace. These experiences are interpreted as aspects of class subordination, and possibilities for addressing them are discussed.

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