All are equal, but some are more equal than others: Managerialism and gender equality in higher education in comparative perspective

Comparative Education

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 520-535

  Teelken, Christine ^a   Deem, Rosemary ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HIGHER EDUCATION; MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION;

NETHERLANDS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885073850     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2013.807642     Document Type: Article

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