Beverly Thaver
Biographic Data
| ID | 3671506 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beverly Thaver |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beverly |
| FAMILY NAME | Thaver |
| SIGNATURE | THAVER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Western Cape |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dialogue on gender and race equality: Conversations between Sweden and South Africa
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into certain themes and discourses that have emerged from two research projects on gender and racial equality in higher education in Sweden and South Africa
State-in-Society: The Mutual Constitutiveness of the Developmental State and Higher Education in South Africa
Seeking to go beyond the pessimism and reification of contemporary analyses of the state inAfrica, this article applies Migdal’s State in Society (2001) approach to the field of highereducation transformation in South Africa. It argues that the state is best understood throughits actual practices, particularly at those points where it reaches into society through policyimplementation and, conversely, where society through its institutions in turn…
Globalisation, diversity and academic practice: Reflections from South Africa and Sweden
In the context of globalisation, the expansion of the higher education sector has been accompanied by growing demands for greater socio-economic responsiveness on the part of universities. In turn, these changes have been accompanied not only by calls for greater diversity and wider representation of all social groups in university life, but also by a range of specific diversity practices. The impact of these diversity practices, with particular …
The Reform of the Academic Profession in South Africa in the Context of Historical Legacies and Global Pressures
The first decade of democracy in South Africa is marked by the establishment of several policy reforms within the higher education sector as a way of redressing the legacy of the past. As a consequence of this, the shape of the academic profession is also being challenged to transform its profile into one that is more representative of a diverse democracy. In light of this, a key policy mechanism is the democratic state’s employment equity mandat…
Dialogue on gender and race equality: Conversations between Sweden and South Africa
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into certain themes and discourses that have emerged from two research projects on gender and racial equality in higher education in Sweden and South Africa
The Reform of the Academic Profession in South Africa in the Context of Historical Legacies and Global Pressures
The first decade of democracy in South Africa is marked by the establishment of several policy reforms within the higher education sector as a way of redressing the legacy of the past. As a consequence of this, the shape of the academic profession is also being challenged to transform its profile into one that is more representative of a diverse democracy. In light of this, a key policy mechanism is the democratic state’s employment equity mandat…
The Reform of the Academic Profession in South Africa in the Context of Historical Legacies and Global Pressures
The first decade of democracy in South Africa is marked by the establishment of several policy reforms within the higher education sector as a way of redressing the legacy of the past. As a consequence of this, the shape of the academic profession is also being challenged to transform its profile into one that is more representative of a diverse democracy. In light of this, a key policy mechanism is the democratic state’s employment equity mandat…
Globalisation, diversity and academic practice: Reflections from South Africa and Sweden
In the context of globalisation, the expansion of the higher education sector has been accompanied by growing demands for greater socio-economic responsiveness on the part of universities. In turn, these changes have been accompanied not only by calls for greater diversity and wider representation of all social groups in university life, but also by a range of specific diversity practices. The impact of these diversity practices, with particular …
State-in-Society: The Mutual Constitutiveness of the Developmental State and Higher Education in South Africa
Seeking to go beyond the pessimism and reification of contemporary analyses of the state inAfrica, this article applies Migdal’s State in Society (2001) approach to the field of highereducation transformation in South Africa. It argues that the state is best understood throughits actual practices, particularly at those points where it reaches into society through policyimplementation and, conversely, where society through its institutions in turn…
Dialogue on gender and race equality: Conversations between Sweden and South Africa
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into certain themes and discourses that have emerged from two research projects on gender and racial equality in higher education in Sweden and South Africa
Global Educational Policies and Reforms (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (2 works) · Higher Education Learning Practices (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Accountability (1 works)