The War on Tenure
Seiten
2025
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-59683-1 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-59683-1 (ISBN)
This book describes tenure-stream academia as an industry like any other and explains why tenure provides a reasonable level of job security for academics. The book is for current and aspiring academics as well as for critics, parents, and legislators who wonder what's so unusual about academia.
As academia increasingly comes under attack in the United States, The War on Tenure steps in to demystify what professors do and to explain the importance of tenure for their work. Deepa Das Acevedo takes readers on a backstage tour of tenure-stream academia to reveal hidden dynamics and obstacles. She challenges the common belief that tenure is only important for the protection of academic freedom. Instead, she argues that the security and autonomy provided by tenure are also essential to the performance of work that students, administrators, parents, politicians, and taxpayers value. Going further, Das Acevedo shows that tenure exists on a spectrum of comparable employment contracts, and she debunks the notion that tenure warps the incentives of professors. Ultimately, The War on Tenure demonstrates that the job security tenure provides is not nearly as unusual, undesirable, or unwarranted as critics claim.
As academia increasingly comes under attack in the United States, The War on Tenure steps in to demystify what professors do and to explain the importance of tenure for their work. Deepa Das Acevedo takes readers on a backstage tour of tenure-stream academia to reveal hidden dynamics and obstacles. She challenges the common belief that tenure is only important for the protection of academic freedom. Instead, she argues that the security and autonomy provided by tenure are also essential to the performance of work that students, administrators, parents, politicians, and taxpayers value. Going further, Das Acevedo shows that tenure exists on a spectrum of comparable employment contracts, and she debunks the notion that tenure warps the incentives of professors. Ultimately, The War on Tenure demonstrates that the job security tenure provides is not nearly as unusual, undesirable, or unwarranted as critics claim.
Deepa Das Acevedo is a legal anthropologist and employment law scholar. Her previous books include Beyond the Algorithm: Qualitative Insights for Gig Work Regulation (2020) and The Battle for Sabarimala: Religion, Law, and Gender in Contemporary India (2024).
1. Skirmishes; Part 1: 2. Shepherd; 3. Scrounge; 4. Squint; Part II: 5. Cause, just cause; 6. Origins; 7. Multihyphenate; 8. … choosers; 9. Two bodies; 10. To the dogs; 11. Butlerian dialectics; Part III: 12. Renegade; 13. Predator; 14. Slacker; 15. In causa sua; 16. 'This important service'; 17. Pmcs unite?; Part IV: 18. Jobs… for life?; 19. They said, they said; 20. Public / private; 21. If I stay it will be double; 22. Riffed; 23. So what?; 24. Tenure 2.0; Conclusion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 387 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Arbeitsrecht |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-59683-7 / 1009596837 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-59683-1 / 9781009596831 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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