Gendered Academic Citizenship

This book proposes the framework ofgendered academic citizenshipto 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, recognitionandbelonging. Based on new empirical data, it identifies fourideal-typesof academic citizenship:full,limited,transitionalcitizenshipandnon-citizenship. The different chapters of the book providecomprehensive 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 toacademic researchers and students at all levels in the disciplines of sociology, gender studies, higher education, political science and cultural anthropology.