Social theory and the politics of higher education [electronic book] : critical perspectives on institutional research / edited by Mark Murphy, Ciarán Burke, Cristina Costa and Rille Raaper.
Contributor(s): Murphy, Mark [editor]
| Burke, Ciarán [editor] | Costa, Cristina (Lecturer in Lifelong Learning) [editor] | Raaper, Rille [editor].
Material type: 
BookSeries: Social theory and methodology in education research series: Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021Copyright date: ©2020Description: online resource (xvi, 262 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781350141551 (hardback); 9781350197442 (paperback); 9781350141568 (e-book); 9781350141582 (e-book).Subject(s): Education, Higher -- Social aspects | Universities and colleges -- Sociological aspects | Universities and colleges -- Administration | Learning and scholarship -- Social aspects | College students -- Social conditions | DDC classification: 378.101 Online resources: e-Book | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| e-BOOK | MTU Bishopstown Library eBook | 378.101 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education brings together an international group of scholars who shine a theoretical light on the politics of academic life and higher education. The book covers three key areas: 1) Institutional governance, with a specific focus on issues such as measurement, surveillance, accountability, regulation, performance and institutional reputation. 2) Academic work, covering areas such as the changing nature of academic labour, neoliberalism and academic identity, and the role of gender and gender studies in university life. 3) Student experience, which includes case studies of student politics and protest, the impact of graduate debt and changing student identities. The editors and chapter authors explore these topics through a theoretical lens, using the ideas of Michel Foucault, Niklas Luhmann, Barbara Adams, Donna Massey, Margaret Archer, Jürgen Habermas, Pierre Bourdieu, Hartmut Rosa, Norbert Elias and Donna Haraway, among others. The case studies, from Africa, Europe, Australia and South America, draw on a wide range of research approaches, and each chapter includes a set of critical reflections on how social theory and research methodology can work in tandem.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : theorising the university in an age of uncertainty -- Social theory and academic governance -- University management as court society : a processual analysis of the rise of university management -- Tales from the matrix : student satisfaction as a form of governmentality -- The performativity of performance indicators : the case of Chilean higher education -- The politics of academic life : professional identities and intellectual selves in neo-liberal times -- The experimental rhythms of academic work -- Exploring academic identities in the neoliberal university -- Gender and the university : stories so far and spaces between -- Epistemonormativity : epistemic injustices and feminist academic caringzenship -- Governing the 'good' casual academic : institutionalised 'othering' practices -- Student politics : resistance, refusal and representation -- Habermas and Foucault : understanding hostility to higher education and graduate debt -- An irreconcilable divide? : tensions between private and public higher education systems in Peru -- Theorising student and graduate identities using figured worlds.
"Bringing together an international group of scholars who shine a theoretical light on the politics of academic life and higher education, the book explores three key areas - institutional governance, academic work and student experience through a theoretical lens, using the ideas of Michel Foucault, Barbara Adams, Margaret Archer, Pierre Bourdieu, Norbert Elias and Donna Haraway, among others. Global case studies draw on a wide range of research approaches, and each chapter includes a set of critical reflections on how social theory and research methodology can work in tandem"-- Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction.:
Bloomsbury Collections. Mode of access: World Wide Web.