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Globalization and Women in Academia Carmen Luke

Globalization and Women in Academia By Carmen Luke

Globalization and Women in Academia by Carmen Luke


Summary

This work is a cross-cultural examination of globalization and women in higher education. The book compares experiences of Western and Asian women within a framework that raises important questions about cultural difference and institutional power.

Globalization and Women in Academia Summary

Globalization and Women in Academia: North/west-south/east by Carmen Luke

In this cross-cultural exploration of the comparative experiences of Asian and Western women in higher education management, leading feminist theorist Carmen Luke constructs a provocative framework that situates her own standpoint and experiences alongside those of Asian women she studied over a three-year period. She conveys some of the complexity of global sweeps and trends in education and feminist discourse as they intersect with local cultural variations but also dovetail into patterns of regional similarities.

Western feminist research has established that relatively few women hold senior positions in universities and colleges. Using the now common metaphor of the "glass ceiling," this research has developed a range of social, cultural, and institutional explanations for women's underrepresentation in academic life. International studies show that women in non-Western countries are also underrepresented in higher education. Yet do Western explanations and strategies for change hold for academic women working in non-Western universities? The very diversity among women's experiences calls into question many of the analytic tools, terms, claims, and solutions formulated by Western feminism. This is the first study to show how cultural differences figure into the institutional dynamics of "glass ceilings." It raises important theoretical and practical, strategic, and tactical questions about issues of cultural difference and institutional power.

Globalization and Women in Academia Reviews

"This is a very timely and highly readable book investigating the intersection of globalism and feminism with the global-local dynamics of Southeast Asian women in academics."
-Australian Journal of Political Science

"Compelling....The study is of great value....The finding that 'glass ceiling politics can only be made intelligible with reference to local sites, to specific socio-political and cultural contexts and histories' is an important contribution...."
-Denise Murray
San Jos' State University

"The work of an experienced authority in the field of gender and higher education....Shows the depth and breadth of her knowledge and vision."
-Frances Maher
Wheaton College

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Women, Education, and Equity: North/West. Women in Academics: Views From the North/West. Globalization. New Managerialism and Women in Higher Education. Western Feminism, Globalization, and Local Standpoints. Part II: Women, Education, and Equity: South/East. Women in Academics: Views From the South/East. Thailand. Singapore. Hong Kong. Malaysia.

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GOR012724515
9780805836691
0805836691
Globalization and Women in Academia: North/west-south/east by Carmen Luke
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Inc
2001-07-13
296
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