Sole Parent Students and Higher Education Gender, Policy and Widening Participation /

This book examines how sole parents are constituted within university contexts, through social discourse and social policies. The gendered assumptions of female parental care-work are analysed as both constraining and enabling sole parent participation in higher education. Social welfare policies an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hook, Genine A. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Education, Higher.
Education and state.
Educational sociology.
Sex.
Higher Education.
Education Policy.
Sociology of Education.
Gender Studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Epistemological Foundations
  • Chapter 3. Perspectives of Sole Parents in Higher Education
  • Chapter 4. The Case Study
  • Chapter 5. Judith Butler's Gender Performativity and Recognition
  • Chapter 6. Sole Parenting in Higher Education Spaces
  • Chapter 7. Access and Attachment to Higher Education for Sole Parents
  • Chapter 8. Policy: Performative Recognisability
  • Chapter 9. Equitable and Widening Participation in Higher Education
  • Chapter 10. Conclusion.

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