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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814398003321

Autore

Yancey George A. <1962->

Titolo

Compromising scholarship : religious and political bias in American higher education / / George Yancey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-60258-478-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

378.01

Soggetti

Postmodernism and higher education - United States

Christians - Political activity - United States

Church and college - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Historical and social bias within academia -- With whom do sociologists want to work? -- Qualitative explorations of biases among sociologists -- Tolerance and bias in other academic disciplines -- Social bias and the nature of scientific inquiry -- What can be done to deal with social bias in academia.

Sommario/riassunto

The sociological evidence for the conservative disadvantage