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Life for the Academic in the Neoliberal University (2019)
Book
Maisuria, A., & Helmes, S. (2019). Life for the Academic in the Neoliberal University. (1). Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Life for the Academic in the Neoliberal University investigates the impact of neoliberalism on academics in today’s universities. Considering the experiences of early career researchers as well as more experienced academics, it outlines the changing... Read More about Life for the Academic in the Neoliberal University.

Class Consciousness and Education in Sweden: A Marxist Analysis of Revolution in a Social Democracy (2017)
Book
Maisuria, A. (2017). Class Consciousness and Education in Sweden: A Marxist Analysis of Revolution in a Social Democracy. (1). Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Emerging from a Marxist perspective, this book focuses on the importance of social class and the role of education broadly in relation to the possibility of revolutionary change in Sweden and beyond. Critically tracing the celebrated so-called ‘Swedi... Read More about Class Consciousness and Education in Sweden: A Marxist Analysis of Revolution in a Social Democracy.

Ethnography and Education (2017)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A., & Beach, D. (2017). Ethnography and Education. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093...e/9780190264093.013.100

As described in Beach and Dovemark?s 2007 book, Education and the Commodity Problem , critical researchers have identified two fundamental roles for modern-day schools within capitalist states. These are the ideological and material roles and functio... Read More about Ethnography and Education.

Mystification of production and feasibility of alternatives Social class inequality and education (2017)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A. (2017). Mystification of production and feasibility of alternatives Social class inequality and education. In M. Cole (Ed.), Education, Equality and Human Rights, 4th Edition. (4). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This chapter develops a critique of the neoliberal capitalist mode of production through discussing the role and function of fee-paying private schools in the first section, of which I explain that there are two sorts: one for the ruling class and th... Read More about Mystification of production and feasibility of alternatives Social class inequality and education.

The neoliberalization of higher education in England: An alternative is possible (2017)
Journal Article
Maisuria, A., & Cole, M. (2017). The neoliberalization of higher education in England: An alternative is possible. Policy Futures in Education, 15(5), 602-619. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478210317719792

© Author(s) 2017. In this article, we provide a critical explanation and critique of neoliberalism. We attempt an innovative focus ranging from the wider contemporary political and ideological shifts, to the way in which neoliberal policy specificall... Read More about The neoliberalization of higher education in England: An alternative is possible.

Class Struggle in Cultural Formation in Contemporary Times: A Focus on the Theoretical Importance of Antonio Gramsci and the Organic Intellectualism of Russell Brand (2016)
Journal Article
Maisuria, A. (2016). Class Struggle in Cultural Formation in Contemporary Times: A Focus on the Theoretical Importance of Antonio Gramsci and the Organic Intellectualism of Russell Brand. Knowledge Cultures, 4(6), 81--96

The importance of education for social transformation is not exclusively something that is done in schools and universities. Taking education in its broadest formulation ? something that happens all of the time, in this article I posit the argument t... Read More about Class Struggle in Cultural Formation in Contemporary Times: A Focus on the Theoretical Importance of Antonio Gramsci and the Organic Intellectualism of Russell Brand.