Re-thinking Academic Politics in (Re)unified Germany and the United States: Comparative Academic Politics & the Case of East German Historians

by John A. Weaver, Mark B. Ginsburg (Editor)

Overview

In Rethinking Academic Politics in (Re)Unified Germany and the United States, Dr. John Weaver uses case studies to engage historical and contemporary issues in academic politics, arguing for the importance of this often-dismissed and much-bemoaned facet of academic work. Dr. Weaver's unique treatment includes discussions of such hotly debated issues as the Enola Gay exhibit, the science debates in the U.S., and the politics of academic evaluations and hiring practices. Rethinking Academic Politics in (Re)Unified Germany and the United States speaks to the interests of students and scholars of international and comparative education, higher education policy and practice, cultural studies, and science studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815322849
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/14/2000
Series:	Studies in Education/Politics , #5
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

John A. Weaver has authored or edited five books including Popular Culture and Critical Pedagogy and Postmodern Science Education and has written for numerous journals including Comparative Education, Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, and Race, Gender, and Class. His research interests include Science Fiction, Science Education, Academic Politics, Popular Culture, the Holocaust, Information Technology, and Rap Music. He is currently a professor at the University of Akron

Table of Contents

1. Towards a Comparative Approach to Academic Politics; 2. German Historians/Politics Prior to 1989; 3. In Search of the Third Way: The East German Historical Community and the Politics of Self-Reform; 4. The Politics of Evaluation, Hiring Practices and Institution Building; 5. The Politics of Memory: The Past and Future in Light of Reunification; 6. Towards a Multicultural Approach to Knowledge

Editorial Reviews

Weaver (U. of Akron, Ohio) analyzes the institutional and discipline organizational politics of those involved in the highest level of education, such as university faculty and institute researchers, focusing on how teachers, researchers, administrators, and others who work in higher education are enmeshed in interpersonal politics, as well as involved in relations with national and local state elites and other groups to determine material resources such as salaries and benefits, symbolic resources such as professional status, working conditions, responsibilities and management practices, education policy, and the level of education funding in general. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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