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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.

Journeying of a revolutionary (2022)
Book Chapter
Asher, G., Cowden, S., Housee, S., & Maisuria, A. (2022). Journeying of a revolutionary. In S. Cowden, G. Asher, S. Housee, & M. Alpesh (Eds.), Critical Pedagogy and Emancipation: A Festschrift in Memory of Joyce Canaan. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3726/b19115

Working with Critical Realism: Stories of Methodological Encounters (2022)
Book
Maisuria, A., & Banfield, G. (Eds.). (2022). Working with Critical Realism: Stories of Methodological Encounters. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003193784

This international and interdisciplinary collection gathers stories from researchers and research students about their methodological encounters with critical realism. Whether the contributors are experienced or novice researchers, they are predomina... Read More about Working with Critical Realism: Stories of Methodological Encounters.

Introduction: Journeys through critical realism (2022)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A., & Banfield, G. (2022). Introduction: Journeys through critical realism. In Working with Critical Realism Stories of Methodological Encounters. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003193784

This international and interdisciplinary collection gathers stories from researchers and research students about their methodological encounters with critical realism. Whether the contributors are experienced or novice researchers, they are predomina... Read More about Introduction: Journeys through critical realism.

A Kind of Conclusion Against Full-Stops and Bookends? (2022)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A., & Banfield, G. (2022). A Kind of Conclusion Against Full-Stops and Bookends?. In Working with Critical Realism Stories of Methodological Encounters. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003193784

Given the intention of this edited collection is to capture the stories of students, researchers, and academics grappling with critical realism, as the Editors, we thought it appropriate for at least two reasons that we do the same. First, if reasons... Read More about A Kind of Conclusion Against Full-Stops and Bookends?.

Navigating the relational character of social class for capitalism in the academy (2022)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A. (2022). Navigating the relational character of social class for capitalism in the academy. In The Lives of Working Class Academics: Getting Ideas Above your Station (1-15). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781801170574

This chapter is a Marxist Critical Realist inspired discussion of my interest in, and experiences of, being a working-class academic from Indian/African heritage. I begin my autoethnography by problematising the limits of defining social class from a... Read More about Navigating the relational character of social class for capitalism in the academy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.