Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education - Critical Perspectives on Institutional Research (Hardcover)

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, Jurgen 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.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Social Theory and Methodology in Education Research
Release date:	December 2020
Editors:	Mark Murphy • Ciaran Burke • Cristina Costa • Rille Raaper
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-14155-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General
LSN:	1-350-14155-0
Barcode:	9781350141551

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