A power-critique of academic rankings: Beyond managers, institutions, and positivism
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چکیده
The bulk of research on academic rankings is policy-oriented, preoccupied with ‘best practices’, and seems incapable transcending the normative discourse ‘governance’. To understand, engage, properly critique operation power in rankings, needs to escape gravity ‘police science’ embrace a political science ranking. More specifically, article identifies three pillars extant from which departure would be critically fruitful – positivism, managerialism, institutionalism then goes outline aspects that critical analysis should explore, integrate, develop into future discourses theory arkhè, dispositif, dialectik.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Power and Education
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1757-7438']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1757743820986173