War on Tenure

This book describes tenure-stream academia as an industry like any other and explains why tenure provides a reasonable level of job security for academics. The book is for current and aspiring academics as well as for critics, parents, and legislators who wonder what's so unusual about academia.

List of contents

1. Skirmishes; Part 1: 2. Shepherd; 3. Scrounge; 4. Squint; Part II: 5. Cause, just cause; 6. Origins; 7. Multihyphenate; 8. ... choosers; 9. Two bodies; 10. To the dogs; 11. Butlerian dialectics; Part III: 12. Renegade; 13. Predator; 14. Slacker; 15. In causa sua; 16. 'This important service'; 17. Pmcs unite?; Part IV: 18. Jobs... for life?; 19. They said, they said; 20. Public / private; 21. If I stay it will be double; 22. Riffed; 23. So what?; 24. Tenure 2.0; Conclusion.

About the author

Deepa Das Acevedo is a legal anthropologist and employment law scholar. Her previous books include Beyond the Algorithm: Qualitative Insights for Gig Work Regulation (2020) and The Battle for Sabarimala: Religion, Law, and Gender in Contemporary India (2024).

Product details

• Authors: Deepa Das Acevedo, Deepa (Emory University Das Acevedo
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2025
• EAN: 9781009596824
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0959682-4
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, LAW / Labor & Employment, Political structure & processes, Organizational theory & behaviour, United States of America, USA, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Organizational theory and behaviour, Political structure and processes, Employment & Labour Law, Employment and labour law: general