A discipline of equal opportunity?: gender and participation in postgraduate geography

John H McKendrick

A discipline of equal opportunity?: gender and participation in postgraduate geography

Sociology

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Abstract

Women are under-represented in postgraduate geography. Initially, it is argued that this situation is unjust and reflects unequal opportunities for women. After describing the potentials and limitations of data sources, the paper uses official statistics to examine gendered participation in postgraduate geography in Britain through time, within geography and between geography and related academic disciplines. Finally, the paper suggests ways in which the under-representation of women in postgraduate geography can be overcome.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	318-330
Number of pages	13
Journal	Area
Volume	28
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Sep 1996

Keywords

geography
academic degrees
research universities
graduates
gender representation

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McKendrick, J. H. (1996). A discipline of equal opportunity?: gender and participation in postgraduate geography. Area, 28(3), 318-330. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20003710

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