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Sabharwal, N. S., Henderson, Emily F. and Joseph, R. S. (2020) Hidden social exclusion in Indian academia : gender, caste and conference participation. Gender and Education, 32 (1). pp. 27-42. doi:10.1080/09540253.2019.1685657 ISSN 0954-0253.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2019.1685657
Abstract
Conferences are key sites for the development of academic careers; however multiple studies have shown that conferences are exclusionary on the basis of gender and other axes of social disadvantage. This study focuses on India and as such also incorporates caste as an axis of privilege and disadvantage in relation to access to conferences. Conferences in this paper are framed within a broader professional development agenda, which is the way in which conferences are located in Indian higher education policy discourses, and a social exclusion perspective is taken as the analytical lens. The paper is based on data from a large-scale national study of social inequalities in higher education, which included quantitative analysis of administrative records and qualitative analysis of interviews with academics on their participation in conferences and professional development activities. Key findings include that participation in conferences is proportionally lower for women and scheduled caste academics than for men and upper-caste academics, and that access to conferences is embroiled in relational processes of social exclusion which operate in the academy, despite formal policies being in place. The article recommends further scrutiny of policy implementation and replication of this analysis across different country contexts.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races L Education > L Education (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Marginality, Social -- India, Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- India, Learning and scholarship -- Social aspects -- India, Career development -- India, Caste -- India, Sex discrimination in employment -- India | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Gender and Education | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0954-0253 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 32 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 27-42 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/09540253.2019.1685657 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | โThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Gender and Education on 08/11/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09540253.2019.1685657 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 September 2019 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 May 2021 | ||||||||
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