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Management and Gender in Higher Education

Management and Gender in Higher Education

by Pat O'Connor
Hardback
Publication Date: 18/03/2014

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This book is a definitive examination of higher education: locating it in a wider neo-liberal context involving the state and the market, with a specific focus on recent higher policy and on the elite group of senior managers in universities. Written in a clear accessible style, it provides an in-depth analysis of university structures, cultures and practices at senior management level. Despite the managerialist rhetoric of accountability, we see structures where access to power is through the Presidents' 'blessing', very much as in a medieval court. We see a culture that is less than comfortable with the presence of women, and which, in its narratives, stereotypes and interactions exemplifies to a rather nineteenth-century view of women. Sites and sources of change are also identified. In a global context where diversity is crucial to innovation, it challenges us to critically reflect on management and on higher education. -- .
ISBN:
9780719083587
9780719083587
Category:
Universities
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
18-03-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
224
Dimensions (mm):
234x156x23mm
Weight:
0.45kg
Pat O'Connor

Irish-American Pat O'Connor first journeyed to Ireland in 1981, and was hooked by the history and passion of the feisty Irish culture. Frequent return visits led to his partnership with Rick Steves and his work as a tour guide and coauthor of this book. Pat loves all things Hibernian (except the black pudding) and thrives on the adventures that occur as he annually slogs the bogs in search of new Irish travel discoveries.

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