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A Sociological Study of Scholarly Writing and Publishing: How Academics Produce and Share Their Research
| Author: | Clarke, Dawne | |
| Year: | 2011 | |
| Pages: | 148 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-3717-7 978-0-7734-3717-3 | |
| Price: | $139.95 | |
This book uses the methodology of institutional ethnography to explore the new territory of
academic writing as a social process, a process embedded in the culture and practices of
contemporary corporate universities.
academic writing as a social process, a process embedded in the culture and practices of
contemporary corporate universities.
Reviews
“Clarke's book is a powerful indictment
of contemporary corporate academic culture.”
-Prof. Sylvia Hale, St. Thomas University
“. . . both sociologically relevant and well grounded in the literature. It is especially timely given the recent challenges facing most institutions of higher learning. . . . this work makes a significant contribution to the literature and should be required reading for academics and administrators alike.”
Prof. Alison Dunwoody,University of Alberta, Edmonton
of contemporary corporate academic culture.”
-Prof. Sylvia Hale, St. Thomas University
“. . . both sociologically relevant and well grounded in the literature. It is especially timely given the recent challenges facing most institutions of higher learning. . . . this work makes a significant contribution to the literature and should be required reading for academics and administrators alike.”
Prof. Alison Dunwoody,University of Alberta, Edmonton
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction Academic Culture
Academic Exiles
Academic Publishing
Johns Hopkins University Press
Meeting the Publishing Imperative
Tensions between expectations and reality
Publishers: capitalist interests and academic success
Gatekeepers: the power of inclusion and exclusion
Journal Review
Revise and Resubmit
Punishment and Rewards
Writing
Chapter 2
Methodology
Getting Started
Symbolic Interactionism
Ethical Issues: Internal Confidentiality
Analysis of Data and Sensitizing Concepts
Chapter 3
Social Context
Funding and the Emergent Research Culture
Changing the Status Quo
Students-as-Consumers
Chapter 4
Institutional Context
Becoming Academics: Flexibility
Departments
Teaching and Research: Conflictual or Complimentary?
Chapter 5
Individual Context
Time
“Tyranny of the Immediate”
“Academic Player”
“Academic Players” and “Crocks”
Differential Rewards
Chapter 6
Scholarly Writing
Beginning Slowly
“Who am I writing for?”: exploring audience
Students may be consumers, but they make a great audience!
Risk and Rejection
“Seeing my name in print”
Chapter 7
Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Introduction Academic Culture
Academic Exiles
Academic Publishing
Johns Hopkins University Press
Meeting the Publishing Imperative
Tensions between expectations and reality
Publishers: capitalist interests and academic success
Gatekeepers: the power of inclusion and exclusion
Journal Review
Revise and Resubmit
Punishment and Rewards
Writing
Chapter 2
Methodology
Getting Started
Symbolic Interactionism
Ethical Issues: Internal Confidentiality
Analysis of Data and Sensitizing Concepts
Chapter 3
Social Context
Funding and the Emergent Research Culture
Changing the Status Quo
Students-as-Consumers
Chapter 4
Institutional Context
Becoming Academics: Flexibility
Departments
Teaching and Research: Conflictual or Complimentary?
Chapter 5
Individual Context
Time
“Tyranny of the Immediate”
“Academic Player”
“Academic Players” and “Crocks”
Differential Rewards
Chapter 6
Scholarly Writing
Beginning Slowly
“Who am I writing for?”: exploring audience
Students may be consumers, but they make a great audience!
Risk and Rejection
“Seeing my name in print”
Chapter 7
Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index