This study of feminism, equity and change in the academy is based on interviews with 40 feminist academics and students in Britain, Sweden and Greece. The research attempts to decode and disentangle gendered message systems and the matrix of power relations in the academy. It consists of feminist readings of the micro-processes of everyday practices. Change is interrogated in relation to feminist pedagogy, equity, organizational culture, policies and discourses of New Right reform, mass expansion and new managerialism.

This text brings together leading feminists who explore questions of feminist interventions in organisations of knowledge production, covering both the structure and culture of academic institutions and the social divisions between women. Feminism is located as a force for change, empowering women to gain a political understanding and providing a methodology for new approaches to teaching, learning, research and writing in the academy. Contributions demonstrate how an analysis of the micropolitics of the academy in terms of power, policies, discourses, pedagogy and interpersonal relationships...

This text brings together leading feminists who explore questions of feminist interventions in organisations of knowledge production, covering both the structure and culture of academic institutions and the social divisions between women. Feminism is located as a force for change, empowering women to gain a political understanding and providing a methodology for new approaches to teaching, learning, research and writing in the academy. Contributions demonstrate how an analysis of the micropolitics of the academy in terms of power, policies, discourses, pedagogy and interpersonal relationships...

This text presents evidence of the work and action of feminists in academia and shows that there is still much to be done before academia is a safe and welcoming environment for women. Women integrate their experience with theory to document and challenge the obstacles to equality and difference.

This text presents evidence of the work and action of feminists in academia and shows that there is still much to be done before academia is a safe and welcoming environment for women. Women integrate their experience with theory to document and challenge the obstacles to equality and difference.

How have the effectiveness and school improvement movements arrived where they are today? Since the 1960s, when debates arose regarding equality of opportunity, to the 1980s when market concepts came into play, there has been a great deal of development. This book seeks to contrast current thinking on educational standards with prevailing thought from prior decades, and tackles questions of equality and educational outcomes. It should be of interest to those wishing their understanding of school effectiveness.

How have the effectiveness and school improvement movements arrived where they are today? Since the 1960s, when debates arose regarding equality of opportunity, to the 1980s when market concepts came into play, there has been a great deal of development. This book seeks to contrast current thinking on educational standards with prevailing thought from prior decades, and tackles questions of equality and educational outcomes. It should be of interest to those wishing their understanding of school effectiveness.