180 pages
228 x 145mm
ISBN-10: 1 85856 087 X
ISBN-13: 978 185856 087 8

Issues of internationality, management, education and gender are brought together in this collection of explorations and case studies from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Southern Africa and the carribean.

Themes include discrimination, equal opportunities and affirmative action, concepts of leadership, the influence of language on gender relations, gender in the context of different cultures and religions, gendered analyses of organisations, breaking through the glass ceiling, gender in aid projects, urban/rural differences and, finally mentoring, networking and action for change.

Gender and management issues in education is a valuable addition to the literature in Womens's Studies and of interest also to educationalists, teacher educators and organisers.

Pat Drake and Patricia Owen are lecturers at the University of Sussex Institute of Education. Their contributors hold senior positions in educational management in their own countries.