Power and Agency within the Evaluative State: A Strategic-Relational Approach to Quantification of Higher Education

Autor/in	Krzeski, Jakub
Titel	Power and Agency within the Evaluative State: A Strategic-Relational Approach to Quantification of Higher Education
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 55 (2023) 12, S.1400-1413 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Krzeski, Jakub)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2022.2162388
Schlagwörter	Power Structure; Personal Autonomy; Higher Education; Evaluation; Heuristics; Communication (Thought Transfer); Scholarship; Foreign Countries; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individuelle Autonomie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Evaluierung; Heuristik; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Scholarships; Stipendium; Ausland; Polen
Abstract	This article addresses the problem of the quantification of higher education by introducing a theoretical framework for power relations and agency within this process. Instead of treating evaluation regimes as external and imposed on the sector, it argues for a relational approach to the problem of exercising power over the higher education sector through means of evaluation. To develop such an approach, the article draws on two sources: Guy Neave's account of the evaluative state and Bob Jessop's strategic-relational approach (SRA) to the state. By using the latter to further develop our understanding of the logic under which the evaluative state operates, the article offers a general framework for inquiring about the conditions that shape power relations and impact the degree of agency at the disposal of the actors involved in the evaluative state. For this purpose, the article operationalises the six general dimensions of the state developed on the grounds of the SRA in the context of the evaluative state. In turn, to demonstrate its heuristic value, the article refers to the emergence of the evaluative state in Poland and how scholarly communication was quantified and made commensurate in this process. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01