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Changing European Academics: A Comparative Study of Social Stratification, Work Patterns and Research Productivity

Changing European Academics: A Comparative Study of Social Stratification, Work Patterns and... Book review Book review Changing European Academics: A Comparative Study of Social Stratification, Work Patterns and Research Productivity Authored by Marek Kwiek Routledge New York $39.95 (Paperback) Review DOI 10.1108/HEED-09-2018-025 Changing European Academics delivers important insights and awareness on the current situations of higher education and academic stratification of the European countries. This book plays a critical role as a reference point for researchers, academics, scientists and even policymakers to understand the impact of the new higher education reform in Europe and the various types of academic stratification which are happening under the waves of the reformation. This book points out the insightful development of the current higher education massification, globalisation and marketisation. The theme of social stratification in science is the thread that weaves the chapters and the patches of different topics, such as academic performance, reward, power and age together. These topics present the full picture of “what does it meanstobeanacademic”,allowing the readers to explore at the micro level, the attitude, believes and value system of a European academic or even academic as a whole. Using cross-national data sets, the book examined and analysed the challenging research topics which was hard to explore in the past, such http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Higher Education Evaluation and Development Emerald Publishing

Changing European Academics: A Comparative Study of Social Stratification, Work Patterns and Research Productivity

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Book review Book review Changing European Academics: A Comparative Study of Social Stratification, Work Patterns and Research Productivity Authored by Marek Kwiek Routledge New York $39.95 (Paperback) Review DOI 10.1108/HEED-09-2018-025 Changing European Academics delivers important insights and awareness on the current situations of higher education and academic stratification of the European countries. This book plays a critical role as a reference point for researchers, academics, scientists and even policymakers to understand the impact of the new higher education reform in Europe and the various types of academic stratification which are happening under the waves of the reformation. This book points out the insightful development of the current higher education massification, globalisation and marketisation. The theme of social stratification in science is the thread that weaves the chapters and the patches of different topics, such as academic performance, reward, power and age together. These topics present the full picture of “what does it meanstobeanacademic”,allowing the readers to explore at the micro level, the attitude, believes and value system of a European academic or even academic as a whole. Using cross-national data sets, the book examined and analysed the challenging research topics which was hard to explore in the past, such

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Published: Sep 10, 2018

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