Deakin University
Browse

File(s) under permanent embargo

Universities in crisis? Knowledge economies, emancipatory pedagogies, and the critical intellectual

journal contribution
posted on 2001-01-01, 00:00 authored by Jillian BlackmoreJillian Blackmore
Discrimination against women in public sector organisations has been the focus of considerable research in recent years. While much of this literature acknowledges the structural basis of gender inequality, strategies for change are often focused on anti-discrimination policies, equal employment opportunities and diversity management.Discriminatory behaviour is often individualised in these interventions and the larger systems of dominance and subordination are ignored. The flipside of gender discrimination, we argue, is the privileging of men. The lack of critical interrogation of men’s privilege allows men to reinforce their dominance. In this paper we offer an account of gender inequalities and injustices in public sector institutions in terms of privilege. The paper draws on critical scholarship on men and masculinities and an emergent scholarship on men’s involvement in the gender relations of workplaces and organisations, to offer both a general account of privilege and an application of this framework to the arena of public sector institutions and workplaces in general.

History

Journal

Educational theory

Volume

51

Issue

3

Pagination

353 - 371

Publisher

University of Illinois

Location

Urbana, Ill.

ISSN

0013-2004

eISSN

1741-5446

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Usage metrics

    Research Publications

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC