John Chandler
Biographic Data
| ID | 3973757 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Chandler |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Chandler |
| SIGNATURE | CHANDLER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of East London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3188-5628 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1907 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Neoliberalism, managerialism and the reconfiguring of social work in Sweden and the United Kingdom
This article considers some of the ways in which neoliberalism, through the processes of managerialism, has impacted on the occupation of social work in Sweden and the UK. It is argued that there are similar implications in both countries, through the managerial drive for increased performance in economy, efficiency and effectiveness, but also in the development of evidence based practice. Whilst the key focus of the article is on similarities be…
Work as dance
This article argues that use of the dance analogy has potential as an heuristic device in ethnographies of work. The nature and variety of dance is explored as a way of studying movement, gendered embodiment, audience, emotion and rhythm at work. It can thus serve to provide a richly multi-dimensional view of work, while also having the potential to draw attention to the unfolding of patterns of work over time. While such an approach has much in …
Movement and Coalition in Contention
The article opens by considering recent change in higher education, examined through the literature on new public management. In this literature the direction of change is decided in advance, assumed to emanate from above and conceptualized as moments fixed in time. As a consequence, it is argued, the rich processes of change enacted through time, which seek to take account of the motives of those involved, are elided. It is further argued that c…
Essentially Political
The purpose of this article is to examine the gendered politics of social work in the Indian city of Mumbai, locating it in a post-colonial context. In order to do this secondary sources are examined along with empirical data collected by the authors. These are interpreted through the framework of a social constructionist methodology that draws on political sociology as well as elements of post-colonial theory and Foucauldian post-structuralism i…
Women and Men as Managers
This article argues for a focus on disappointment as a key concept and socially embedded phenomenon, illustrated with reference to the experience of women and men as managers. It is shown that the importance of disappointment lies in part in its ability to focus attention on hopes and expectations, as well as on blockages, failures and defeats. It also, however, lies in its capacity to generate action, including engagement in social movement acti…
Ungleichstellung der Geschlechter als Routine? Die Auswirkungen der Hochschulreformen in Schweden und England
Article Ungleichstellung der Geschlechter als Routine? Die Auswirkungen der Hochschulreformen in Schweden und England was published on May 1, 2010 in the journal feministische studien (volume 28, issue 1)
Supporting Women's Career Advancement
Women’s Movements and New Public Management
This article considers change in academe in Sweden and England, focusing on gender equity and the new public management reforms. In drawing on social movement theory, it is argued that public sector agendas in these countries have been affected by the influences of their respective women’s movements as well as by the new public management. The article explores these developments through the experiences of a group of employees whose voices are hea…
Academic Shape Shifting
This article considers gender and managerial identities in organizational life, taking the recent change in higher education in Sweden and England with the coming of the new public management as the context in which to explore these issues. In reviewing the literature on gender identity and organization/management, which has moved from a pre-occupation with difference to an examination of the complex inter-relationship between gender and organiza…
Managing intellectual labour in Sweden and England
Reports on findings from a research project, which has been examining the development of the New Public Management (NPM), a managerial reform movement for change in public sectors worldwide, and reports on a series of semi‐structured interviews with academics in Sweden and England as elements of NPM are introduced into the daily routines of university work. The findings suggest that, despite evidence of common elements of the NPM appearing in Hig…
No Laughing Matter
Le scandale Lewinsky apparaît comme un champ de bataille éthique dont l’étude permet d’éclairer de nombreux débats portant sur le « climat moral » de la société ou sur l’influence réciproque des courants protestants conservateurs et libéraux. À partir d’une lecture des réactions au scandale, cet article montre que la maturité éthique de l’opinion publique semble bien plus en phase avec les attitudes exprimées par les représentants du protestantis…
Deregulation and the decline of public administration teaching in the UK
In 1991 eight polytechnics offered a BA in public administration while five universities provided the degree with either public or social policy. Currently, no higher education institution in Britain offers a BA degree solely entitled ‘public administration’. The subject area is, however, offered in 16 higher education institutions under a variety of names that include, in any order, the words ‘public’, ‘management’, ‘policy’ and ‘administration’…
Stressing Academe
In recent years academic commentators have born witness to the emergence of what has been called a New Public Management, or NPM, evident in a number of countries around the world. While the literature has sought to document its appearance and attempt to assess its impact, this article considers an aspect of the NPM which has been little explored: the human cost associated with its introduction. In examining higher education in England, one of th…
The Archaeological Significance of Patterns of Anomalous Vegetation on a Raised Mire in the Solway Estuary and the Processes Involved in their Formation
Mandatory Retirement and Justice
In a number of countries, mandatory retirement has recently been abolished on the grounds of inconsistency with equal opportunity legislation. It is now seen as a form of unfair discrimination. I will argue that this is a mistake; mandatory retirement is not inherently unjust. This does not mean that it is always a desirable policy: whether it is depends on a variety of circumstances. In conditions of high unemployment, I believe that it makes go…
Work Psychology, Women and Stress
It is argued that there has been a close connection between work psychologists and management which has produced a discourse about stress. In this discourse workers are positioned as victims whose suffering may be overcome through behavioural technologies. Having drawn attention to the assumptions, limitations and silences of the literature, recent debates surrounding gender and the politics of identity are considered in order to outline the poss…
Clark on God's Law and Morality
Journal Article Clark on God’s law and Morality Get access John Chandler John Chandler The University of Adelaide Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue 138, January 1985, Pages 87–90, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219552 Published: 01 January 1985
Is the divine command theory defensible
Recent defences of the Divine Command Theory have ranged from those which attempt to meet objections half-way, and in the process transform the theory, to restatements and defences of the theory in its full rigour. Philip Quinn's Divine Commands and Moral Requirements is one of the latter. Quinn's purpose is to show that the theory, in its several variants, can be stated precisely within several current systems of deontic logic, and that contrary…
The use of light traps to study flight activity and seasonal abundance of mosquitoes of medical importance on the Kano Plain, Kenya
A brief review is given of the history of the use of light traps to sample mosquitoes. The mechanism of attraction of insects to sources of light is discussed. A series of light trap catches inside and under the outside eaves of houses on the Kano Plain, Kenya, are then described showing how the results clearly indicate the effects of irrigation on the breeding of the local mosquito fauna
The Victoria history of the county of Gloucester
Ecclesiastical History. Religious Houses. Social and Economic History. Industries. Agriculture. Forestry. Sport. Schools.
Stressing Academe
In recent years academic commentators have born witness to the emergence of what has been called a New Public Management, or NPM, evident in a number of countries around the world. While the literature has sought to document its appearance and attempt to assess its impact, this article considers an aspect of the NPM which has been little explored: the human cost associated with its introduction. In examining higher education in England, one of th…
Women’s Movements and New Public Management
This article considers change in academe in Sweden and England, focusing on gender equity and the new public management reforms. In drawing on social movement theory, it is argued that public sector agendas in these countries have been affected by the influences of their respective women’s movements as well as by the new public management. The article explores these developments through the experiences of a group of employees whose voices are hea…
Deregulation and the decline of public administration teaching in the UK
In 1991 eight polytechnics offered a BA in public administration while five universities provided the degree with either public or social policy. Currently, no higher education institution in Britain offers a BA degree solely entitled ‘public administration’. The subject area is, however, offered in 16 higher education institutions under a variety of names that include, in any order, the words ‘public’, ‘management’, ‘policy’ and ‘administration’…
Movement and Coalition in Contention
The article opens by considering recent change in higher education, examined through the literature on new public management. In this literature the direction of change is decided in advance, assumed to emanate from above and conceptualized as moments fixed in time. As a consequence, it is argued, the rich processes of change enacted through time, which seek to take account of the motives of those involved, are elided. It is further argued that c…
The Archaeological Significance of Patterns of Anomalous Vegetation on a Raised Mire in the Solway Estuary and the Processes Involved in their Formation
Work Psychology, Women and Stress
It is argued that there has been a close connection between work psychologists and management which has produced a discourse about stress. In this discourse workers are positioned as victims whose suffering may be overcome through behavioural technologies. Having drawn attention to the assumptions, limitations and silences of the literature, recent debates surrounding gender and the politics of identity are considered in order to outline the poss…
The Victoria history of the county of Gloucester
Ecclesiastical History. Religious Houses. Social and Economic History. Industries. Agriculture. Forestry. Sport. Schools.
The use of light traps to study flight activity and seasonal abundance of mosquitoes of medical importance on the Kano Plain, Kenya
A brief review is given of the history of the use of light traps to sample mosquitoes. The mechanism of attraction of insects to sources of light is discussed. A series of light trap catches inside and under the outside eaves of houses on the Kano Plain, Kenya, are then described showing how the results clearly indicate the effects of irrigation on the breeding of the local mosquito fauna
Is the divine command theory defensible
Recent defences of the Divine Command Theory have ranged from those which attempt to meet objections half-way, and in the process transform the theory, to restatements and defences of the theory in its full rigour. Philip Quinn's Divine Commands and Moral Requirements is one of the latter. Quinn's purpose is to show that the theory, in its several variants, can be stated precisely within several current systems of deontic logic, and that contrary…
Clark on God's Law and Morality
Journal Article Clark on God’s law and Morality Get access John Chandler John Chandler The University of Adelaide Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue 138, January 1985, Pages 87–90, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219552 Published: 01 January 1985
Mandatory Retirement and Justice
In a number of countries, mandatory retirement has recently been abolished on the grounds of inconsistency with equal opportunity legislation. It is now seen as a form of unfair discrimination. I will argue that this is a mistake; mandatory retirement is not inherently unjust. This does not mean that it is always a desirable policy: whether it is depends on a variety of circumstances. In conditions of high unemployment, I believe that it makes go…
Work Psychology, Women and Stress
It is argued that there has been a close connection between work psychologists and management which has produced a discourse about stress. In this discourse workers are positioned as victims whose suffering may be overcome through behavioural technologies. Having drawn attention to the assumptions, limitations and silences of the literature, recent debates surrounding gender and the politics of identity are considered in order to outline the poss…
The Archaeological Significance of Patterns of Anomalous Vegetation on a Raised Mire in the Solway Estuary and the Processes Involved in their Formation
Deregulation and the decline of public administration teaching in the UK
In 1991 eight polytechnics offered a BA in public administration while five universities provided the degree with either public or social policy. Currently, no higher education institution in Britain offers a BA degree solely entitled ‘public administration’. The subject area is, however, offered in 16 higher education institutions under a variety of names that include, in any order, the words ‘public’, ‘management’, ‘policy’ and ‘administration’…
Stressing Academe
In recent years academic commentators have born witness to the emergence of what has been called a New Public Management, or NPM, evident in a number of countries around the world. While the literature has sought to document its appearance and attempt to assess its impact, this article considers an aspect of the NPM which has been little explored: the human cost associated with its introduction. In examining higher education in England, one of th…
Managing intellectual labour in Sweden and England
Reports on findings from a research project, which has been examining the development of the New Public Management (NPM), a managerial reform movement for change in public sectors worldwide, and reports on a series of semi‐structured interviews with academics in Sweden and England as elements of NPM are introduced into the daily routines of university work. The findings suggest that, despite evidence of common elements of the NPM appearing in Hig…
No Laughing Matter
Le scandale Lewinsky apparaît comme un champ de bataille éthique dont l’étude permet d’éclairer de nombreux débats portant sur le « climat moral » de la société ou sur l’influence réciproque des courants protestants conservateurs et libéraux. À partir d’une lecture des réactions au scandale, cet article montre que la maturité éthique de l’opinion publique semble bien plus en phase avec les attitudes exprimées par les représentants du protestantis…
Academic Shape Shifting
This article considers gender and managerial identities in organizational life, taking the recent change in higher education in Sweden and England with the coming of the new public management as the context in which to explore these issues. In reviewing the literature on gender identity and organization/management, which has moved from a pre-occupation with difference to an examination of the complex inter-relationship between gender and organiza…
Supporting Women's Career Advancement
Women’s Movements and New Public Management
This article considers change in academe in Sweden and England, focusing on gender equity and the new public management reforms. In drawing on social movement theory, it is argued that public sector agendas in these countries have been affected by the influences of their respective women’s movements as well as by the new public management. The article explores these developments through the experiences of a group of employees whose voices are hea…
Essentially Political
The purpose of this article is to examine the gendered politics of social work in the Indian city of Mumbai, locating it in a post-colonial context. In order to do this secondary sources are examined along with empirical data collected by the authors. These are interpreted through the framework of a social constructionist methodology that draws on political sociology as well as elements of post-colonial theory and Foucauldian post-structuralism i…
Women and Men as Managers
This article argues for a focus on disappointment as a key concept and socially embedded phenomenon, illustrated with reference to the experience of women and men as managers. It is shown that the importance of disappointment lies in part in its ability to focus attention on hopes and expectations, as well as on blockages, failures and defeats. It also, however, lies in its capacity to generate action, including engagement in social movement acti…
Ungleichstellung der Geschlechter als Routine? Die Auswirkungen der Hochschulreformen in Schweden und England
Article Ungleichstellung der Geschlechter als Routine? Die Auswirkungen der Hochschulreformen in Schweden und England was published on May 1, 2010 in the journal feministische studien (volume 28, issue 1)
Movement and Coalition in Contention
The article opens by considering recent change in higher education, examined through the literature on new public management. In this literature the direction of change is decided in advance, assumed to emanate from above and conceptualized as moments fixed in time. As a consequence, it is argued, the rich processes of change enacted through time, which seek to take account of the motives of those involved, are elided. It is further argued that c…
Work as dance
This article argues that use of the dance analogy has potential as an heuristic device in ethnographies of work. The nature and variety of dance is explored as a way of studying movement, gendered embodiment, audience, emotion and rhythm at work. It can thus serve to provide a richly multi-dimensional view of work, while also having the potential to draw attention to the unfolding of patterns of work over time. While such an approach has much in …
Neoliberalism, managerialism and the reconfiguring of social work in Sweden and the United Kingdom
This article considers some of the ways in which neoliberalism, through the processes of managerialism, has impacted on the occupation of social work in Sweden and the UK. It is argued that there are similar implications in both countries, through the managerial drive for increased performance in economy, efficiency and effectiveness, but also in the development of evidence based practice. Whilst the key focus of the article is on similarities be…
Sociology (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (5 works)