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Inequalities and the paradigm of excellence in academia / edited by Fiona Jenkins ... [et al.]
(Routledge research in gender and society ; 99)

Material Type Books
Publication London : Routledge , 2022
Language English
Size xv, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

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Books : hbk 377.7/I54 2000107552
9780367188368

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Notes Other editors: Barbara Hoenig, Susanne Maria Weber, Andrea Wolffram
Summary: "This volume examines the criteria of excellence producing inequalities of gender in the daily working environment and evaluation of academics. Policy makers 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 neo-liberal framing of the value of academic work, that have a much broader global reach. Using participatory research, the book analyses contem
Includes bibliographical references and index
Authors Jenkins, Fiona, 1965-
Hoenig, Barbara
Weber, Susanne Maria
Wolffram, Andrea
Subjects LCSH:Women in higher education -- Europe  All Subject Search
LCSH:Sexism in education -- Europe  All Subject Search
LCSH:Feminism and higher education -- Europe  All Subject Search
LCSH:Educational equalization -- Europe  All Subject Search
LCSH:Excellence -- Europe  All Subject Search
Classification LCC:LC1571.E85
DC23:378.0082094
ID BB11538168
ISBN 9780367188368
NCID BC14615792
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