Inequalities and the Paradigm of Excellence in Academia (Routledge Research in Gender and Society)

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Synopsis
This volume examines the criteria of excellence producing inequalities of gender in the daily working environment and evaluation of academics. Policymakers have increasingly placed emphasis on gender equality as part of a strategy for achieving research excellence, and efforts to reduce gender bias have become mainstream. This book suggests that this goal has remained elusive in practice due to continuing under-representation of women across many academic and scientific fields. Questioning the old structures of male dominance still prevalent in national research policy, the book explores the effects of institutional values and practices on the careers of academics, particularly the academic identities of women and their career developments. It focuses on case studies drawn from Europe while also highlighting the rise of new forms of public management and a neoliberal framing of the value of academic work, that have a much broader global reach. Using participatory research, the book analyses contemporary forms of "gendered excellence" in an intersectional and international perspective. It will be of interest to junior/senior researchers, teachers, and scholars in sociology, education, gender studies, history, political science and science and technology studies.
Copyright:
2022

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
256 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780429581977
Related ISBNs:
9781032221014, 9780367188368, 9780429198625
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Fiona Jenkins, Barbara Hoenig, Susanne Maria Weber and Andrea Wolffram
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Fiona Jenkins
Edited by:
Barbara Hoenig
Edited by:
Susanne Maria Weber
Edited by:
Andrea Wolffram

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