Accelerating Academia The Changing Structure of Academic Time /

• Main Author: Vostal, Filip (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy
• Subjects: Education.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Industrial sociology.; Education and state.; Sociology of Education.; Education Policy.; Sociology of Work.; Higher Education.; Sociology, general.

The era of a 'slow-paced' academia characterized by leisurely tempos of research and pedagogy has gone. Academia is now an intensely social site, and the boundaries between capitalist dynamics and academic life have become blurred. Academic workloads are increasing as academics have to dea...