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Title
Sole parent students and higher education : gender, policy and widening participation / Genine A. Hook.
ISBN
9781137598875 (electronic book)
1137598875 (electronic book)
9781137598868
Published
[London] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1057/978-1-137-59887-5 doi
Call Number
LC5160.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
374.012
Summary
This book examines how sole parents are constituted within university contexts, through social discourse and social policies. The gendered assumptions of female parental care-work are analysed as both constraining and enabling sole parent participation in higher education. Social welfare policies and the policies of university institutions are also considered as central to the experiences of sole parents who study at universities. This book explores the sense of belonging and engagement for sole parents in higher education with a view to challenging how universities engage with under-represented and diverse students. Equitable access to higher education is important as a potentially transformative personal and social good and this book contributes new thinking to understanding why a university education remains elusive for many students.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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text file PDF
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed July 5, 2016)
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9781137598868
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Epistemological Foundations
Chapter 3. Perspectives of Sole Parents in Higher Education
Chapter 4. The Case Study
Chapter 5. Judith Butler's Gender Performativity and Recognition
Chapter 6. Sole Parenting in Higher Education Spaces
Chapter 7. Access and Attachment to Higher Education for Sole Parents
Chapter 8. Policy: Performative Recognisability
Chapter 9. Equitable and Widening Participation in Higher Education
Chapter 10. Conclusion.
