Academic Precariat: Practicing Social Sciences in Iran

Academics increasingly experience precarity as job insecurity, stressful working conditions, uncertainty, stuckedness, and constraints on choosing their career paths. The sources of academic precarity are diverse, ranging from neoliberal economic strategies to gendered issues, intellectual leadershi...

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Altri titoli:The Social Sciences in Iran
Autore principale: ʿArabistānī, Mihrdād ca. 20./21. Jh. (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: 2025
In: The Muslim world
Anno: 2025, Volume: 115, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 98-114
Altre parole chiave:B Anxious Freedom
B Ideological Imaginary
B Permission zone
B Disidentification
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