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Work, Unemployment and Leisure
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 51.95Rosemary Deem provides students with a concise introduction to a range of issues and debates surrounding work, unemployment and leisure in contemporary societies. Beginning with an examination of the social and historical factors which have shaped work and leisure patterns in modern Britain, she shows how the boundaries between them are culturally... more...
Women & Schooling (RLE Edu F)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 100.00This book begins with an analysis of the gradual extension of educational opportunities for women since the nineteenth century, with special attention given to the period since 1944. There is careful exploration of the interaction between the family and the school, and an examination of their role as institutions which help to maintain the existing... more...
Schooling for Women's Work (RLE Edu F)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 115.00This collection of original papers shows how women in Britain are still being discriminated against during schooling, despite the existence of legislation prohibiting such discrimination and despite apparent concern with promoting equality between the sexes in education. Focusing on the current situation and experiences of women in education and their... more...
Girl Friendly Schooling
Routledge 1988; US$ 54.95Asks what makes schooling unfriendly to girls and examines the success or otherwise of interventions intended to bring about change. more...
Knowledge, Higher Education, and the New Managerialism
OUP Oxford 2007; US$ 48.99The nature of Higher Education in the UK has changed over the last three decades. Academics can no longer be said to carry out their work in 'ivory towers', as increasing government intervention and a growing 'target culture' has changed the way they work. Increasingly universities have transformed from 'communities of scholars'... more...
World Yearbook of Education 2008
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 51.95This volume examines higher education in globalized conditions through a focus on the spatial, historic and economic relations of power in which it is embedded. Distinct geometries of power are emerging as the knowledge production capability of universities is increasingly globalized. Changes in the organization and practices of higher education tend... more...
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