Autonomy In Social Science Research, Volume 4: The View From United Kingdom And Australian Universities (international Perspectives On Higher Education ... Perspectives On Higher Education Research)

AUTONOMY IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH: THE VIEW FROM UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH Series Editor: Malcolm Tight Volume 1: Academic Work and Life: What it is to be an Academic, and How This is Changing – Edited by Malcolm Tight Volume 2: Access and Exclusion – Edited by Malcolm Tight Volume 3: International Relations – Edited by Malcolm Tight INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH VOLUME 4 AUTONOMY IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH: THE VIEW FROM UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES EDITED BY CAROLE KAYROOZ GERLESE S. A˚KERLIND MALCOLM TIGHT Amsterdam – Boston – Heidelberg – London – New York – Oxford Paris – San Diego – San Francisco – Singapore – Sydney – Tokyo JAI Press is an imprint of Elsevier JAI Press is an imprint of Elsevier The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA First edition 2007 Copyright r 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (+44) (0) 1865 843830; fax (+44) (0) 1865 853333; email: [email protected] Alternatively you can submit your request online by visiting the Elsevier web site at http://elsevier.com/locate/permissions, and selecting Obtaining permission to use Elsevier material Notice No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-13: 978-0-7623-1405-8 ISBN-10: 0-7623-1405-2 ISSN: 1479-3628 For information on