Globalised re/gendering of the academy and leadership

Name: Globalised re/gendering of the academy and leadership
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Globalised re/gendering of the academy and leadershipAuthor(s): Jill Blackmore, Marita Snchez-Moreno, Naarah Sawers\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138230545, 978-1138230545\nSynopsis\nThe significance of Higher Education to national knowledge-based economies has made the sector the object of government policies, international monitoring, and corporatization. This radical global restructuring of higher education is gendered in its processes, practices, and effects. Exploring how the re-organisation of the sector has redefined academic, management, and professional roles and identities, this book considers the different impacts of structural change for men and women working at diverse levels of the academy. \n\nDrawing from empirical studies undertaken in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australasia the contributions offer a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives, including large scale comparative d.