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Motivation, markets and meaning: Perceptions of higher education in students at élite and local universities in England and Cuba (2023)
Journal Article
Maisuria, A., & Smith, R. (2023). Motivation, markets and meaning: Perceptions of higher education in students at élite and local universities in England and Cuba. Critical Education, 14(1), 1-22

This article reports research exploring students’ perceptions of higher education in traditional and local universities in England and Cuba. The study has explored parallels identified in the course of research-informed teaching that harvested qualit... Read More about Motivation, markets and meaning: Perceptions of higher education in students at élite and local universities in England and Cuba.

Selective schooling for mystifying social class, neoliberalism, and alternatives (2022)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A. (2022). Selective schooling for mystifying social class, neoliberalism, and alternatives. In M. Cole (Ed.), Education, Equality and Human Rights. (5th ed.). London: Routledge

The fifth edition of the market-leading Education, Equality and Human Rights has been fully updated to reflect economic, political and cultural changes in the UK, including the impacts of Brexit and Covid-19. It considers the great changes we are wit... Read More about Selective schooling for mystifying social class, neoliberalism, and alternatives.

A Book Review Symposium: Walter Omar Kohan (2021) Paulo Freire: A Philosophical Biography [Translated by Jason Wozniak and Samuel D. Rocha] (2022)
Journal Article
Maisuria, A., Accioly, I., Kirylo, J. .. D., Mayo, P., & McLaren, P. (in press). A Book Review Symposium: Walter Omar Kohan (2021) Paulo Freire: A Philosophical Biography [Translated by Jason Wozniak and Samuel D. Rocha]. Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 18(3),

Neo-liberalism and revolution: Marxism for emerging critical educators (2022)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A. (2022). Neo-liberalism and revolution: Marxism for emerging critical educators. In Encyclopaedia of Marxism and Education (483-500). The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004505612_030

This entry has been written for those who are arriving at Marxism as newcomers, and curious about where to start. This entry is an explication of some fundamentals of Marxism, which is argued as the most efficacious theoretical framework for understa... Read More about Neo-liberalism and revolution: Marxism for emerging critical educators.

Neoliberalism and revolution: Marxism for emerging critical educators (2022)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A. (2022). Neoliberalism and revolution: Marxism for emerging critical educators. In A. Maisuria (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Marxism and Education (483-500). Holland: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004505612_030

Encyclopaedia of Marxism and Education (2022)
Book
Maisuria, A. (Ed.). (2022). Encyclopaedia of Marxism and Education. Holland: Brill Academic Publishers

This encyclopaedia showcases the explanatory power of Marxist educational theory and practice. The entries have been written by 51 leading authors from across the globe. The 39 entries cover an impressive range of contemporary issues and historical p... Read More about Encyclopaedia of Marxism and Education.

Marxism and education introduction: A personal historical contour of Marxism (2022)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A. (2022). Marxism and education introduction: A personal historical contour of Marxism. In A. Maisuria (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Marxism and Education (1-7). Holland: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004505612_001

Maisuria, A (2022) Chapter 1: In. Maisuria, A (vol Ed.)

Education, social class, and Marxist theory (2022)
Book Chapter
Hill, D., & Maisuria, A. (2022). Education, social class, and Marxist theory. In A. Maisuria (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Marxism and Education (624-643). Holland: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004505612_038

Hegemony (2020)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A. (2020). Hegemony. In S. Themelis (Ed.), Critical Reflections on the Language of Neoliberalism in Education: Dangerous Words and Discourses of Possibility (84-92). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Hegemony is one the most powerful concepts to understand reality in any social scientist's toolbox. Hegemony comes from the term - hegemon meaning leader. Gramsci’s works presented the provocation: how can power be won, and how can it be sustained. T... Read More about Hegemony.

A book review symposium: Henry A. Giroux (2020) On Critical Pedagogy [2nd Edition] (2020)
Journal Article
Maisuria, A., Evans, B., Duran Del Fierro, F., Jackson, R., Macrine, S., & Rimmer, A. (2020). A book review symposium: Henry A. Giroux (2020) On Critical Pedagogy [2nd Edition]. Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 18(2), 432-463

Neoliberal hegemony and the task for critical education (2020)
Journal Article
Maisuria, A. (2020). Neoliberal hegemony and the task for critical education. Rethinking Critical Pedagogy, 1(1),

The starting point for this article is an explication of the essence of Marxism, which is argued as the most efficacious theoretical framework for understanding the current historical conjuncture. I then provide a description of the development of ca... Read More about Neoliberal hegemony and the task for critical education.

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.

Neoliberal development and struggle against it: The importance of social class, mystification and feasibility (2018)
Journal Article
Maisuria, A. (2018). Neoliberal development and struggle against it: The importance of social class, mystification and feasibility. Aula Abierta, 47(4), 433-440. https://doi.org/10.17811/rifie.47.4.2018.433-440

In this article I introduce and develop neoliberalism through a discussion of Marxism and the way that classed mystification and feasibility are crucial concepts for understanding the maintenance of neoliberalism, and revolutionary possibilities. The... Read More about Neoliberal development and struggle against it: The importance of social class, mystification and feasibility.

Politics, public pedagogy and action: Beyond a pedagogy of hope (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Ravenscroft, A., & Maisuria, A. (2018, July). Politics, public pedagogy and action: Beyond a pedagogy of hope. Paper presented at The 8th International Conference on Critical Education, University of East London, Stratford, London, England

Class consciousness and education in Sweden: A Marxist analysis of revolution in a social democracy (2017)
Book
Hill, D., & Maisuria, A. (2017). Class consciousness and education in Sweden: A Marxist analysis of revolution in a social democracy. (1). Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315268682

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/acrefore/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.

Critical Realism for Marxist Sociology of Education: A Book Review Symposium (2017)
Journal Article
Maisuria, A., Beach, D., Edwards, G., & Themelis, S. (2017). Critical Realism for Marxist Sociology of Education: A Book Review Symposium. Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 15(2), 1-22

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 Neoliberalisation of Higher Education in England: An Alternatives is Possible (2017)
Journal Article
Cole, M., & Maisuria, A. (2017). The Neoliberalisation of Higher Education in England: An Alternatives is Possible. Policy Futures in Education, 15(5), 602-619. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478210317719792

In this article, we provide a critical explanation and critique of neoliberal policy. We attempt an innovative focus ranging from the wider contemporary political and ideological shifts, to specific higher education influences and consequences, of ne... Read More about The Neoliberalisation of Higher Education in England: An Alternatives is Possible.

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.