Anthropology of Academic Governance and Institutional Democracy

The Community of Scholars in America

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvMurray J. Leaf

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This anthropological study of university governance organizations has four main purposes. It aims to describe the principles of effective faculty governance organizations and shared governance; to help mobilize opposition to a large and extremely well-funded system of political attacks aimed at destroying faculty governance organizations;

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Utgivningsdatum2018-12-21
Mått148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt451 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor325
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030064686

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Murray J. Leaf is Professor of Anthropology and Political Economy at the University of Texas, Dallas, USA. Previous monographs include Information and Behavior in a Sikh Village: Social Organization Reconsidered (1972), Pragmatism and Development: The Prospect for Pluralism in the Third World (1998), Human Organizations and Social Theory (2009), Anthropology of Western Religions (2014), and Anthropology of Eastern Religions (2014). He has also served as Senior Social Scientist on USAID-sponsored development projects in India and Bangladesh.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Theory of Organizations.- Chapter 3: The University in America.- Chapter 4: The Attacks.- Chapter 5: Governing Boards and Faculty in Texas.- Chapter 6: Governing Boards and Faculty in California.- Chapter 7: UCLA and the University of California.- Chapter 8: UT Dallas.- Chapter 9: Reed College.- Chapter 10: The University of Chicago.- Chapter 11: Conclusion.- Appendix I: Major Internet Sources.- Appendix II: Institutional Reports.