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Dr Chris Bolsmann

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Lecturer (Sociology)

Room: NW 926
Phone: 0121 204 3810
E-Mail: c.h.bolsmann@aston.ac.uk

Educational Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Professional Certificate in Learning an Teaching in Higher Education. Aston  University, United Kingdom. (2007)
  • PhD in Sociology, University of Warwick, United Kingdom (2006):
  • ‘Trade Union Internationalism and Solidarity in the Auto Industry: Fighting Apartheid and Engaging with Globalisation.’ Supervisors: Prof. Simon Clarke and Prof Tony Elger. External Examiner: Prof. Richard Hyman (LSE)
  • MA Industrial Sociology, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2000)
  • BA (Honours) Industrial Sociology, University of Pretoria, South Africa (1995)
  • BA Political Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa (1994)

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Final year Sociology of Work and Society
  • Second year Modern Organisations and Change
  • First year Global Society
  • Final Year Research projects

Research Interests

  • The transformation and marketisation of higher education.
  • Football and identity in post-apartheid South Africa.
  • Trade unions and internationalism.

Membership of Professional Organisations

  • International Sociological Association
  • British Sociological Association
  • South African Sociological Association
  • North American Society for Sports History

Other Responsibilities:

  • Admissions Officer School of Languages and Social Sciences
  • Chair Staff Student Consultation Committee

Publications

Books

  • Bolsmann, C. and Alegi, P. (eds.) (Forthcoming April 2010). South Africa and the Global Game: Football, Apartheid and Beyond. Routledge.

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Bolsmann, C. (Forthcoming January 2010). ‘White Football in South Africa: Empire, Apartheid and Change, 1892-1977’. Soccer and Society, Vol. 11, Nos. 1&2. ISSN 1466-0970
  • Bolsmann, C. and Alegi, P. (Forthcoming January 2010). ‘Introduction’. Soccer and Society. Vol. 11, Nos. 1&2. ISSN 1466-0970
  • Bolsmann, C. (forthcoming). ‘Contesting Labour Internationalism: The ‘old’ trapped in the ‘new’ in Volkswagen’s South African plant’. Labor Studies Journal, ISSN 0160-449X
  • Bolsmann, C. and Brewster, K. (Forthcoming 2009). ‘Mexico 1968 and South Africa 2010: Development, Leadership and Legacies’. Sport in Society. Vol. 12, No. 10. pp. 1276-1289. ISSN 1743-0437.
  • Bolsmann, C., Ignatowicz, A. and Miller, H. 2009. ‘Students Interviewing Students: The Aston-Hong Kong Project,’ Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 1. pp: 1-23. ISSN: 1756-848X
  • Bolsmann, C. and Miller, H. 2008. ‘International Student Recruitment: South African Rationales’ Journal of Higher Education in Africa. Vol. 6, Nos. 2&3, pp: 211-231. ISSN 0851-7762.
  • Bolsmann, C. and Miller, H. 2008. ‘International Student Recruitment to Universities in England: Discourse, Rationales and Globalisation’ in Globalisation, Societies and Education. Vol. 6, No. 1, pp: 75-88. ISSN 1476-7724
  • Bolsmann, C. 2007. ‘Trade Union Internationalism and Solidarity in the Struggle against Apartheid: A Case study of Volkswagen’ in Historical Studies in Industrial Relations, Vol. 23/24, pp: 103-124. ISSN 1362-1572
  • Bolsmann, C. 2007. ‘La solidaridad y el internacionalismo sindical en la lucha contra el apartheid: el contacto sindical entre trabajadores y dirigentes en la industria automotriz’ in Estudios de Asia y Africa, 132, Vol. 42(1), pp: 143-178. ISSN 0185-0164
  • Bolsmann, C. and Parker, A. 2007. ‘Soccer, South Africa and Celebrity Status: Mark Fish, Popular Culture and the Post-Apartheid State’ in Soccer and Society, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp: 109-124. ISSN 1466-0970
  • Bolsmann, C. 2006. ‘Review Essay on Peter Alegi, Laduma! Soccer, Politics and Society in South Africa’ in Soccer and Society, Vol. 7, No. 2-3, pp: 292-299. ISSN 1466-0970
  • Bolsmann, C. 2003. ‘Labour Internationalisms and Globalization: Review Article’ in Society in Transition, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp: 350-369. ISSN 1028-9852
  • Bolsmann, C., van der Walt, L., Johnson, B. and Martin, L. 2003. ‘Globalisation, the Market University and Support Service Outsourcing in South Africa: Social Struggle, Convergence and Difference, 1994-2001’ in Society in Transition, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp: 272-294. ISSN 1028-9852
  • Bolsmann, C. and Uys, T. 2001. ‘Pre-empting the Challenges of Transformation and Marketisation of Higher Education: A Case Study of the Rand Afrikaans University’ in Society in Transition, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp: 173-185. ISSN 1028-9852

Book Chapters

  • Bolsmann, C. (Forthcoming 2010). ‘Mexico 1968 and South Africa 2010: Sombreros and Vuvuzelas and the Legitimisation of Global Sporting Events’ in Brewster, K. Reflections on Mexico 1968, Blackwell-Wiley.
  • Bolsmann, C. 2008. ‘Review Essay on Peter Alegi, Laduma! Soccer, Politics and Society in South Africa’ in Bandyopadhyay, K. and Mallick, S. Fringe Nations in World Soccer. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-37822-2
  • Bolsmann, C. 2006. ‘Solidarity and Identity: Volkswagen Workers in South Africa and Germany’, in Alexander, P., Dawson, M. and Ichharam, M. (eds.). Globalisation and New Identities: a View from the Middle. Houghton: Jacana Press. ISBN 1-77009-239-0
  • Bolsmann, C., Rugunanan, P. and Routledge, M. 2003. ‘Defining Organisational Development: The Roots and Values of Organisational Development’, in Moerdyk, A. and van Aardt, C. (eds.), Organisational Development: New Methods and Models for Southern Africa. Glosderry: New Africa Books. ISBN 1-86928 367 8
  • Bolsmann, C. 2003. ‘Contemporary Theories’, in Moerdyk, A. and van Aardt, C. (eds.), Organisational Development: New Methods and Models for Southern Africa. Glosderry: New Africa Books. ISBN 1-86928 367 8

Other Publications

  • Bolsmann, C. and Miller, H. 2008. ‘Recruiting International Students: Rationales and Policies from South Africa’. In Teaching in Public – the Future of Higher Education? Conference Proceedings. Todd, M. J. and Alcala, M. pp. 15-30. ISBN 1902191366
  • Bolsmann, C. 2008. Book Review – Edward Webster and Karl von Holdt, eds. Beyond the Apartheid Workplace: Studies in Transition. H-SAfrica, 8 April.
  • Bolsmann, C. 2007. ‘Looking back at VW to Honour German/South African Union Solidarity’ in South African Labour Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp: 66-68. ISSN 0377-5429
  • Bolsmann, C. 2007. ‘African Football’ in African Review of Books, Vol. 3(1), p: 9.
  • Bolsmann, C. 2007. ‘British Academics not Scared to take Action’ in South African Labour Bulletin, Vol. 30 No. 5, pp: 23-26. ISSN 0377-5429
  • Bolsmann, C. 2007 ‘Book review - Peter Alegi, Laduma! Soccer, Politics and Society in South Africa’ in International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp: 111-113.
  • Bolsmann, C. 2003. ‘Book Review: Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms.’ Work Employment and Society, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp: 757-759.
  • Bolsmann, C., van der Walt, L., Johnson, B. and Martin, L. 2002. ‘Globalisation and the Outsourced University in South Africa: The Restructuring of the Supp: ort Services in Public Sector Universities in South Africa, 1994-2001’, Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET), research report.
  • •    Bolsmann, C., van der Walt, L., Johnson, B. and Martin, L. 2002. ‘The Outsourced University: A Survey of the Rise of Support Service Outsourcing in Public Sector Higher Education in South Africa, and its Effects on Workers and Trade Unions, 1994-2001.’ Sociology of Work Unit: University of the Witwatersrand. pp: 1-46.
  • Bolsmann, C. 2002. ‘The New Labour Internationalism’ in the Newsletter 2(1) of Research Committee 44 of the International Sociological Association.
  • Bolsmann, C., van der Walt, L., Johnson, B. and Martin, L. 2002. ‘The Effects of Supp: ort Service Outsourcing on Workers and Trade Unions in Public Universities in South Africa’, in South African Labour Bulletin, Vol 26, No. 4, pp: 59-61. ISSN 0377-5429
  • Bolsmann, C. 2002. ‘Book Review: We are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-apartheid South Africa’ Society in Transition, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp: 470-472. ISSN 1028-9852
  • Bolsmann, C. 2002. ‘Book Review: South Africa, Limits to Change: The Political Economy of Transition’ Green Left Weekly, May 8.
  • Bolsmann, C. 2001. Deaths at the Stadium: a Different Kind of Terror’, in Debate - Voices From the South African Left, No. 6 & 7, pp: 10-13.
  • Bolsmann, C. 2001. ‘So you Want to Merge? Lessons From Recent Mergers’, in South African Labour Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp: 61-66. ISSN 0377-5429
  • Bolsmann, C., and Vlok, E. 2001. ‘Not Quite “Pap and Vleis”: McDonald’s in South Africa’, in South African Labour Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp: 61-66. ISSN 0337-5429
  • Bolsmann, C. 2001. ‘The South and the North: Federations of the ICFTU’, in South African Labour Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp: 82-86. ISSN 0377-5429
  • Bolsmann, C. and Vlok, E. 1999. ‘The Double-Digit Strike: Examining the Dispute in the Chemical Industry’, in South African Labour Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp: 21-28. ISSN 0377-5429.