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Dynamics of the contemporary university [[electronic resource] ] : growth, accretion, and conflict / / Neil J. Smelser
| Dynamics of the contemporary university [[electronic resource] ] : growth, accretion, and conflict / / Neil J. Smelser |
| Autore | Smelser Neil J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.73 |
| Collana | The Clark Kerr lectures on the role of higher education in society |
| Soggetto topico |
Universities and colleges - United States
Universities and colleges - Administration - United States Educational change - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic administration
academic community academic department academic disciplines academic freedom academic stratification academic accountability clark kerr complex structures contemporary trends education history education policy education reform education engaging higher ed leadership higher education history part time faculty political constituencies public support structural accretion teachers and faculty theory of change universities |
| ISBN | 0-520-95525-0 |
| Classificazione | HIS036000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Chapter I: Dynamics of American Universities -- Apologia -- What Kind of Creature is Higher Education? -- Functions -- The Problematic Status of "Functions" -- Moral Embeddedness -- Structural Changes Accompanying Growth -- Increasing the Size of Units -- Segmentation of Units -- Differentiation -- Proliferation -- Coordination -- A Peculiar Case in Higher Education: Structural Accretion -- A Historical Sketch of the Process -- The Discipline-based Academic Department: So Strong and Yet So -- Frail -- The Organized Research Unit as Distraction from Departments -- Reactions and Conflicts Endemic in the Process of Accretion -- Conditions Producing the Endemic Pattern -- Two Long-term Consequences of Accretion -- The Structuring of Faculty Activities -- Implications for Academic Community -- Chapter 2: The Dynamics Ramify: Academic Politics, Conflict, and Inequality -- Instabilities Imposed on Inertial Stability -- Of Pythons and Goats -- Economic Fluctuations -- Competitors for Resources -- Relevance to Accretion -- Accretion and the Growth of Political Constituencies -- Internal Constituencies -- External Constituencies -- Accretion, Revenues, and Costs -- Accretion, Academic Administration, and Higher Education Politics -- Management as Science and Art -- Administration as Threat to Academic Culture -- Administration as Parkinsonian -- The Structural Alternative -- Implications for Shared Governance -- Accretion and Academic Stratification -- Institutional Prestige -- Multicampus Systems and Stratification -- Prestige Among Disciplines -- Chapter 3: Contemporary Trends: Diagnoses and Conditional Predictions -- An Unprecedented Perfect Storm -- Unproductive Paradoxes: Starvation, Accountability, and Governance -- General Consequences of Shifts in Support and Costs -- Accountability, Governance, and Support. -- The Many Faces of Commercialization -- The Language and Imagery of Corporatism and Its -- Consequences -- Consumerism -- Economizing as a Way of Life -- University-Industry Relations -- On-line Distance Instruction and the Rise of the For-profits -- Non-tenured and Part-time Faculty -- Implications for Tenure -- Excursus on Academic Freedom -- Coda -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786270103321 |
Smelser Neil J
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dynamics of the contemporary university [[electronic resource] ] : growth, accretion, and conflict / / Neil J. Smelser
| Dynamics of the contemporary university [[electronic resource] ] : growth, accretion, and conflict / / Neil J. Smelser |
| Autore | Smelser Neil J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.73 |
| Collana | The Clark Kerr lectures on the role of higher education in society |
| Soggetto topico |
Universities and colleges - United States
Universities and colleges - Administration - United States Educational change - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic administration
academic community academic department academic disciplines academic freedom academic stratification academic accountability clark kerr complex structures contemporary trends education history education policy education reform education engaging higher ed leadership higher education history part time faculty political constituencies public support structural accretion teachers and faculty theory of change universities |
| ISBN | 0-520-95525-0 |
| Classificazione | HIS036000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Chapter I: Dynamics of American Universities -- Apologia -- What Kind of Creature is Higher Education? -- Functions -- The Problematic Status of "Functions" -- Moral Embeddedness -- Structural Changes Accompanying Growth -- Increasing the Size of Units -- Segmentation of Units -- Differentiation -- Proliferation -- Coordination -- A Peculiar Case in Higher Education: Structural Accretion -- A Historical Sketch of the Process -- The Discipline-based Academic Department: So Strong and Yet So -- Frail -- The Organized Research Unit as Distraction from Departments -- Reactions and Conflicts Endemic in the Process of Accretion -- Conditions Producing the Endemic Pattern -- Two Long-term Consequences of Accretion -- The Structuring of Faculty Activities -- Implications for Academic Community -- Chapter 2: The Dynamics Ramify: Academic Politics, Conflict, and Inequality -- Instabilities Imposed on Inertial Stability -- Of Pythons and Goats -- Economic Fluctuations -- Competitors for Resources -- Relevance to Accretion -- Accretion and the Growth of Political Constituencies -- Internal Constituencies -- External Constituencies -- Accretion, Revenues, and Costs -- Accretion, Academic Administration, and Higher Education Politics -- Management as Science and Art -- Administration as Threat to Academic Culture -- Administration as Parkinsonian -- The Structural Alternative -- Implications for Shared Governance -- Accretion and Academic Stratification -- Institutional Prestige -- Multicampus Systems and Stratification -- Prestige Among Disciplines -- Chapter 3: Contemporary Trends: Diagnoses and Conditional Predictions -- An Unprecedented Perfect Storm -- Unproductive Paradoxes: Starvation, Accountability, and Governance -- General Consequences of Shifts in Support and Costs -- Accountability, Governance, and Support. -- The Many Faces of Commercialization -- The Language and Imagery of Corporatism and Its -- Consequences -- Consumerism -- Economizing as a Way of Life -- University-Industry Relations -- On-line Distance Instruction and the Rise of the For-profits -- Non-tenured and Part-time Faculty -- Implications for Tenure -- Excursus on Academic Freedom -- Coda -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821124503321 |
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Smelser Neil J
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Yanomami [[electronic resource] ] : the fierce controversy and what we might learn from it / / Robert Borofsky ; with Bruce Albert ... [et al.]
| Yanomami [[electronic resource] ] : the fierce controversy and what we might learn from it / / Robert Borofsky ; with Bruce Albert ... [et al.] |
| Autore | Borofsky Robert <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.08998 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AlbertBruce |
| Collana | California series in public anthropology |
| Soggetto topico |
Yanomamo Indians - Study and teaching (Higher)
Yanomamo Indians - Public opinion Yanomamo Indians - Social conditions Anthropological ethics - Study and teaching (Higher) Anthropology - Authorship Anthropology - Fieldwork Anthropologists - Professional relationships |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic concerns
academic disciplines anthropologists anthropology controversial critical questions culture and society el dorado ethical dilemmas ethical practices ethics of anthropology fieldwork healthcare human rights violations human rights james neel napoleon chagnon nonfiction patrick tierney philosophy public anthropology public discussion scholarly debate scholars social justice textbooks yanomami controversy yanomami |
| ISBN |
1-59875-017-8
9786612358074 1-282-35807-3 0-520-93856-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note To Teachers -- A Personal Note To Undergraduates -- Suggested Yanomami / Yanomamö Films -- Helping The Yanomami -- 1. The Controversy And The Broader Issues At Stake -- 2. Chagnon And Tierney In Their Own Words -- 3. How The Controversy Has Played Out In American Anthropology -- 4. Broader Issues At Stake In The Controversy -- 5. Keeping Yanomami Perspectives In Mind -- 6. You Decide -- 7. A Platform For Change -- 8. Round One -- 9. Round Two -- 10. Round Three -- 11. Three Assessments -- Appendix: Summary Of The Roundtable Participants' Positions -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783133603321 |
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Borofsky Robert <1944->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Yanomami [[electronic resource] ] : the fierce controversy and what we might learn from it / / Robert Borofsky ; with Bruce Albert ... [et al.]
| Yanomami [[electronic resource] ] : the fierce controversy and what we might learn from it / / Robert Borofsky ; with Bruce Albert ... [et al.] |
| Autore | Borofsky Robert <1944-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.08998 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AlbertBruce |
| Collana | California series in public anthropology |
| Soggetto topico |
Yanomamo Indians - Study and teaching (Higher)
Yanomamo Indians - Public opinion Yanomamo Indians - Social conditions Anthropological ethics - Study and teaching (Higher) Anthropology - Authorship Anthropology - Fieldwork Anthropologists - Professional relationships |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic concerns
academic disciplines anthropologists anthropology controversial critical questions culture and society el dorado ethical dilemmas ethical practices ethics of anthropology fieldwork healthcare human rights violations human rights james neel napoleon chagnon nonfiction patrick tierney philosophy public anthropology public discussion scholarly debate scholars social justice textbooks yanomami controversy yanomami |
| ISBN |
1-59875-017-8
9786612358074 1-282-35807-3 0-520-93856-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note To Teachers -- A Personal Note To Undergraduates -- Suggested Yanomami / Yanomamö Films -- Helping The Yanomami -- 1. The Controversy And The Broader Issues At Stake -- 2. Chagnon And Tierney In Their Own Words -- 3. How The Controversy Has Played Out In American Anthropology -- 4. Broader Issues At Stake In The Controversy -- 5. Keeping Yanomami Perspectives In Mind -- 6. You Decide -- 7. A Platform For Change -- 8. Round One -- 9. Round Two -- 10. Round Three -- 11. Three Assessments -- Appendix: Summary Of The Roundtable Participants' Positions -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826598603321 |
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Borofsky Robert <1944->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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