Exploring leadership development in an institutionally racist English National Health Service (NHS): A Bourdieusian approach.

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Abstract

Drawing on interviews with participants in a leadership programme aimed at NHS staff from black and minority ethnic communities, this paper explores the implications of assisting staff from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds to engage in such programmes. Given the increasing popularity of Bourdieusian approaches in critical education studies more generally, it also considers the extent to which a Bourdieusian framework is helpful in exploring this question.

Author

• Ruth McDonald, University of Manchester