Management and Gender in Higher Education

A definitive examination of higher education in Ireland

List of contents

Prologue: My own journey
1. The big picture: Universities in a changing society
2. Finding a compass and mapping the terrain
3. Policy priorities: instrumentality, scientizisation, degendering
4. Gentleman's club or medieval court?
5. There is no problem; or if there is, the problem is women
6. 'Think manager - think male'?
7. An attractive job, but no place for a woman
8. Summary and conclusions
References
Appendix
Index

About the author

Pat O'Connor is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Limerick, Ireland

Product details

• Authors: &apos, Pat Connor, O&apos, Pat O'Connor, Pat O''connor
• Assisted by: Rob Kitchin (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.03.2014
• EAN: 9780719083587
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8358-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Irish Society; Irish Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Irland, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung, Hochschulbildung, Fort- und Weiterbildung