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Power, knowledge and the academy The institutional is political /

This book takes a close-up and critical look at both the elusive and blatant workings and consequences of power in a range of everyday sites in universities. Chapters focus on specific locations in which power shapes personal and institutional knowledge including student-supervisor relationships, re...

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Group Author: Gillies, Val; Lucey, Helen.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Educational equalization > Great Britain.
Power (Social sciences)
Doctor of philosophy degree > Great Britain.
Universities and colleges > Sociological aspects.
Women in higher education > Great Britain.
Education, Higher > Political aspects > Great Britain.
Learning and scholarship > Great Britain.
Gender studies: women.
Occupational & industrial psychology.
Education.
Society.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230287013
Summary: This book takes a close-up and critical look at both the elusive and blatant workings and consequences of power in a range of everyday sites in universities. Chapters focus on specific locations in which power shapes personal and institutional knowledge including student-supervisor relationships, research teams, networking, and literature reviews.
'!an articulate and striking account!This book offers an excellent point of reference and clear theoretical research framework that is useful for university academics and postgraduate students across the globe.' -- Wendy Sutherland-Smith, Gender and Education.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781403998170, 2007.
Carrier Form: 208 p.
ISBN: 9781403998170
9780230287013 :
0230287018 :
CLC: G556.1
Contents: Notes on Contributors Introduction Power and the Unconscious in Doctoral Student-Supervisor Relationships-- H.Lucey& C.Rogers Power and the PhD Journey: 'Getting In' and 'Getting On'-- K.Almack& H.Churchill Ambivalent Positions: Ethnicity and Working in our 'Own Communities'-- K.Mand& S.Weller Interweaving Academic and Professional Power in Higher Education-- L.Bell& M.Birch Power Relationships in Research Teams-- M.Mauthner& L.Bell Making the Right Connections: 'Knowledge' and Power in Academic Networking-- V.Gillies& P.Alldred Representing Academic Knowledge: Power and Responsibility in Reviewing the Literature-- J.Ribbens Mccarthy Measuring What's Valued or Valuing What's Measured? Knowledge Production and the Research Assessment Exercise-- P.Alldred& T.Miller Feminism, the Relational Micro-Politics of Power and Research Management in Higher Education in Britain-- N.Mauthner& R.Edwards Index.

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