A domestic geography of everyday terror: Remembering and forgetting the house I grew up in
- Authors: Morrisey, Belinda
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Geography and memory explorations in Identity, Place and Becoming p. 184-198
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Legislative frameworks for equal opportunities
- Authors: White, Kate
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Gender, power and management: a cross-cultural analysis of higher education p.
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- Description: 2014100197
Global distortions to key commodity markets
- Authors: Anderson, Kym , Croser, Johanna , Nelgen, S. , Valenzuela, Ernesto
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Distortions to agricultural incentives - A global perspective p. 459-504
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Towards Interventions for Senior Women in Higher Education
- Authors: White, Kate
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Gender, Power and Management: a cross-cultural analysis of Higher Education p.
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- Description: 2014100198
Consuming space slowly: reflections on authenticity, place and the self
- Authors: Osbaldiston, Nicholas
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Culture of the slow: Social deceleration in an accelerated world p. 71 - 93
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- Description: Slow living may not necessarily be limited to particular places, but there are, nonetheless, certain kinds of spaces that best facilitate slow living and the value of these arises from a consideration of their contexts in the deterritorialised global culture in which we live. (Parkins and Craig 2006, p.263
Ageing and the labour market - A comparison of policy approaches
- Authors: Frerichs, Frerich , Taylor, Philip
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Social Policy in Ageing Societies: Britain and Germany Compared p. 46-81
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- Description: Both Germany and the UK are experiencing substantial ageing of their workforces and, simultaneously, their workforces are shrinking. At the same time it is important to note that older workers, particularly men, have been regarded by employers and policy makers as a reserve labour army in the past in both countries (Naegele and Walker, 2002a). Older workers have been confronted with numerous forms of direct and indirect discrimination in both the workplace and in the labour market in general. The result has been long-term unemployment and non-employment among older workers. Employment rates of older workers in both countries have declined dramatically over the past twenty years, although significant differences between the United Kingdom and Germany can be observed (Walker, 2002a). Low labour market participation rates are mainly due to early retirement schemes in Germany, which have been implemented in past decades (Naschold et aI., 1994; Ebbinghaus, 2001) and due to usage of occupational pension schemes, disability benefits as quasi-early retirement, early retirement schemes and discouragement from staying in work in the UK (Taylor and Walker, 1996; Taylor and Unwin, 1999). Although early exit pathways have been terminated or their scope limited and there is an increasing emphasis on prolonging working life, the legacy in terms of promoting negative views of older workers is persistent. [Introduction]
The context
- Authors: Bagilhole, Barbara , White, Kate
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Generation and gender in Academia. Chapter 1 p. 3-20
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Introduction
- Authors: Davies, Martin , Barnett, Ronald
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter , Editorial
- Relation: The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education Introduction p. 1-25
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- Description: What is critical thinking, especially in the context of higher education? How have research and scholarship on the matter developed over recent past decades? What is the current state of the art here? How might the potential of critical thinking be enhanced? What kinds of teaching are necessary in order to realize that potential? And just why is this topic important now? These are the key questions motivating this volume. We hesitate to use terms such as “comprehensive” or “complete” or “definitive,” but we believe that, taken in the round, the chapters in this volume together offer a fair insight into the contemporary understandings of higher education worldwide. We also believe that this volume is much needed, and we shall try to justify that claim in this introduction.
Introduction : The focus on success stories
- Authors: White, Kate
- Date: 2017
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Gendered Success in Higher Education: Global Perspectives p. 3-23
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- Description: This chapter provides an introduction to the study, discusses various definitions of success in promoting a gendered agenda in higher education (HE) and outlines the methodology. It then examines gender indices and the national context, and the labour force participation of women. Next, it explores HE and gender equality, and both external and internal strategies for achieving gender equality in universities. Finally, it briefly outlines the structure of the book.
Introduction : Building a feminist research network
- Authors: Bagilhole, Barbara , White, Kate
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Book chapter , Editorial
- Relation: Gender, Power and Management: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Higher Education Introduction p. 1-19
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Privatization, corporatization, bureaucracies, and change
- Authors: Bilney, Chris , Pillay, Soma
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Public sector organizations and cultural change p. 15-58
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- Description: Public sector organizations have existed for thousands of years and have long been equated with bureaucracy. Andreski (1984, p.104) cites the Chinese and Roman empires as classic examples of bureaucracy, describing them as "administrative machines," while Gaebler (1996) states that bureaucratic structure originated with the Roman army around 2,500 years ago. This gave rise to the concept of a bureaucracy based on traditional military ideals and "good administration" (Hood 1991) and paved the way for the modernist concept of the bureaucracy. Traditional organizations depended on bureaucratic structures to ensure that work was completed efficiently by removing error and idosyncrasy and reinforcing conformity and obedience. Bureau-cratic, or mechanized, structures rely upon centralized decision-making, formalized rules, and highly specialized tasks (Taylor 1911, 1913 and Weber 1947, cited in Sadler 1999)
Perspectives on Institutional theory
- Authors: Bilney, Chris , Pillay, Soma
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Public sector organizations and cultural change p. 59-81
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Continuity and change in academic careers
- Authors: Bagilhole, Barbara , White, Kate
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Generation and Gender in Academia p. 169-195
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Stress and coping during change
- Authors: Bilney, Chris , Pillay, Soma
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Public sector organizations and cultural change p. 125-142
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- Description: Stress has been defined as a relationship between a person and the environment in which the factors within that environment exceed the person's abilities, thus putting his or her health or well-being at risk (Lazarus & Folkman 1984). Lazarus and Folkman (1984) emphasize the interplay between the person and his personal charcteristices and events occuring within the environment, recognizing the degree to which an event or events are described as stressful depend on the person's cognition of those events and how he evaluates them relative to his abilities to cope with the situation. Stress occurs when competing demands leads to overload (Lazarus & Folkman 1984)
An outsider in academia
- Authors: White, Kate
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Generation and Gender in Academia p. 103-124
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Conclusion
- Authors: Bilney, Chris , Pillay, Soma
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Public sector organizations and cultural change p. 142-164
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- Description: This chapter synthesizes the argument discussed in previous chapters into a holistic account of the context wherein many public sector organizations in this country have moved toward a private sector model of operation. It addresses the concept of institutional isomorphism within the context of institutional theory and describes how many organizations struggle to relinquish the rsisk-averse behaviours and cultures that impede their adoption of mandated private sector practices. "From conclusion"
The historical context of the public sector culture
- Authors: Bilney, Chris , Pillay, Soma
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Public sector organizations and cultural change p. 1-14
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- Description: This chapter begins by describing the purpose, aim and scope of the book. It describes the historical context of the public sector culture, the change resulting from the introduction of the philosophies of New Public Mangaement (NPM) and managerialism, and the effects that these changes have had on public sector employees, particularly those employed in the sector prior to the introduction of NPM. The book analyzes institutional theory and examines the effects that attempting to conform to the mandated NPM philosophy while retaining traditional bureaucratic methodologies has had on those affected organizations and their staff members.
Psychological contract, organizational citizenship, and double bind
- Authors: Bilney, Chris , Pillay, Soma
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Public sector organizations and cultural change p. 101-127
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- Description: The previous chapter charted the exposition of my journey from hope to despair during my long career in the public sector. I articulated the pressure placed on men resulting from the organizational injunction of expecting me to conform to two contradictory paradigms- those of traditional bureaucracy with its attendant emphasis on process and procedure and NPM with its customer-centric and efficiency focus. The public sector workplace of today is very different from the one of several decades ago. While some change must be expected within any environment I have found that the changes to which I have been exposed as a result of the government's NPM policy represent a considerable departure from the conditions of old.
Muddling upwards : The unexpected, unpredictable and strange on the path from care to high achievement in Victoria, Australia
- Authors: Wilson, Jacqueline , Golding, Frank
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care: International Research, Policy and Practice Chapter 7 p. 135-154
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- Description: Education is a key avenue to personal, social and economic success; and its lack can lead to lifelong deprivation and social exclusion. The chapter focuses on the specific educational challenges that confront children in out-of-home care (OHC), and those who have been discharged from Care as young adults. A very small percentage of care leavers complete education, and some of the core reasons for this are discussed. The two authors, themselves care leavers, provide emblematic case studies by recounting their own experiences. They conclude that many of the obstacles they had to surmount were, and are, common to care leavers of their generations and also those currently in OHC. The chapter closes with a brief summary of policy reforms necessary to ensure educational equity for care leavers. © The Author(s) 2016.
Teaching the "Other" : Curriculum "Outcomes" and digital technology in the out-of-school lives of young people
- Authors: Auld, Glenn , Johnson, Nicola
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Critical perspectives on technology and education p. 163-181
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- Description: The research on sociocultural approaches to pedagogy is full of teachers who attempt to draw on "historically accumulated and culturally developed bodies of knowledge and skills" (Moll, Amanti, Neff, & Gonzalez, 1992, p.133) to engage their students in learning in the classroom. In the field of educational technology, research examining young people's lives largely focuses on school contexts, and tends to ignore the value of informal learning outside of the school gate. In this chapter, the "other" (Lévinas, 1979) concerns the formal curriculum outcomes performed in the out-of-school lives of young people's practices with digital technologies.