Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/MV3e55Z Globalization and Women in Academia North/west-south/east By: Carmen Luke Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780805836691, 0805836691 eText ISBN: 9781135655426, 1135655421 Edition: 1st Pages: 296 Copyright year: 2001 Format: EPUB Available from $ 21.58 USD SKU 9781135655426R90 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. Additional ISBNs 9781410604095, 9786612327070, 9781135655426, 9781282327078, 9781135655433, 9781135655389, 9780585384740, 1410604098, 6612327073, 1135655421, 1282327070, 113565543X, 1135655383, 0585384746, 9780805836684, 9780805836691, 0805836683, 0805836691, 9780805836684
