Gender, power and higher education in a globalised world. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Pat O'Connor, Kate White.
• Editors: O'Connor, Pat, 1950-; White, Kate, 1949 August 3
• Contents: Section 1: Context1. Introduction and Methodology; Pat O'Connor and Kate WhiteSection 2: Exploring Gender and Power in Higher Education2. Resistance to Gender Equality Efforts: Experiences from EU-projects aiming to implement Gender Equality Plans; Helen Peterson, Teresa Carvalho, Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor3. Gender (in)competent Leadership and the Sex Quota; Anke Lipinsky & Angela Wroblewski4. Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Excellence as a Legitimating 'Gender-Neutral' Logic and Micropolitical Practices as the Day-to Day Reality; Pat O'Connor and Sarah Barnard5. Making the Right Choice: A Three-Country Study of Gendered Effects of Individualizing Neoliberal Discourses in Higher Education; Marcela Linkova, Ozlem Atay and Connie Zulu6. Displacement and/or Appropriation/Emasculation of Gender Equality; Kate White and Bridgitte Bonisch-Brednich7. Slow Progress towards Gender Equality in Policy and Practice: Case Studies of Higher Education Institutions in South Asia and the Middle East Regions; Linzi Kemp and Tanuja Agarwala8. 'As Sociologists We Should Know Better': Gender, Power and Harassment in Higher Education Professional Associations; Kathrin ZippelSection 3: Moving Forward9. Gender and Power: Where to Now?; Pat O'Connor and Kate White.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 370.81; Sex discrimination in higher education; Education and globalization; Educational equalization; Power (Social sciences)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030696870
• Related ISBNs: 9783030696863
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