Gendered Academic Citizenship, 1st ed. 2020 Issues and Experiences Citizenship, Gender and Diversity Series

This book proposes the framework of gendered academic citizenship to capture the multidimensional and complex dynamics of power relations and everyday practices in the contemporary context of academic capitalism. The book proposes an innovative definition of academic citizenship as involving three key components: membership, recognition and belonging. Based on new empirical data, it identifies four ideal-types of academic citizenship: full, limited, transitional citizenship and non-citizenship. The different chapters of the book provide comprehensive reviews of the relevant research literature and offer original insights into the patterns of gender inequalities and practices of gendered academic citizenship across and within different national contexts. The book concludes by setting a comprehensive research agenda for the future.

This book will be of interest to academic researchers and students at all levels in the disciplines of sociology, gender studies, higher education, political science and cultural anthropology.

1 The Contours of Gendered Academic Citizenship

Sevil Sümer, Pat O’Connor and Nicky Le Feuvre

2 Accessing Academic Citizenship: Excellence or Micropolitical Practices?

Pat O’Connor

3 Probationary or Second-class Citizens? Postdoctoral Experiences in the Swiss Context

4 Gender and Academic Citizenship Practices: The Norwegian Case

5 Family, Career Progression and Gendered Academic Citizenship

Mine G. Tan, Gülsün Sağlamer, Hülya Çağlayan

6 Changing Institutional Policies and Gender Equality Challenges: The Hungarian Case

7 Sexual Harassment in Turkish Academia through the Lens of Gendered Academic Citizenship

Yıldız Ecevit and F. Umut Beşpınar

8 Conclusions: Gendered Academic Citizenship as a Promising Agenda

Sevil Sümer, Pat O’Connor and Nicky Le Feuvre

Sevil Sümer is Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Bergen. She was the Scientific Coordinator of the EU-funded project FEMCIT: Gendered Citizenship in Multicultural Europe. Sümer is the author of European Gender Regimes and Policies and has published extensively on gender, inequality, citizenship and work-family policies in international journals.

Contributors: PAT O’CONNOR, University of Limerick, Ireland; NICKY LE FEUVRE, MARIE SAUTIE, University of Lausanne, Switzerland; PIERRE BATAILLE, University of Grenoble, France; GRY BRANDSER, Nord University, Norway; MINE G. TAN, GÜLSÜN SAĞLAMER, HÜLYA ÇAĞLAYAN, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey; JUDIT LANNERT, T-Tudok Centre for Knowledge Management and Educational Research, Hungary; BEATA NAGY, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary; YILDIZ ECEVIT, FATMA UMUT BEŞPINAR, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Provides a gendered analysis and conceptualization of academic citizenship

Examines the current neoliberal constraints facing academia and higher education

Builds on insights from FEMCIT