The Governing-Evaluation-Knowledge Nexus
Swedish Higher Education as a Case
by Christina Segerholm, Agneta Hult, Joakim Lindgren, Linda Rönnberg
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This book analyses the interplay between governing, evaluation and knowledge with an empirical focus on Swedish higher education. It investigates the origins, logics, and mechanisms of evaluation and quality assurance reforms and their dynamic interactions with institutional, national and European policy contexts. The chapters report findings from extensive empirical studies that offer detailed insight into the work of governing in higher education, by giving voice to actors at various levels and positions including the ministry, national agency and University employees. Central themes include the influence of European policy, changing system designs, media relations and quality assurance enactments in University institutions. The book also explores the ways in which an emerging professional cadre, labelled qualocrats, enacts and mediates evaluation and quality assurance policy and practice. Taken together, the expanding evaluation machinery in Swedish higher education highlights the pivotal role of knowledge as a governing resource, and points to special features of evaluation as a particular form of practice that makes knowledge work for governing.This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY). You can download The Governing-Evaluation-Knowledge Nexus ebook for free in PDF format (2.9 MB).
Book Details
Title
The Governing-Evaluation-Knowledge Nexus
Subject
Sociology and Social Sciences
Publisher
Springer
Published
2019
Pages
218
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13
9783030211424
ISBN10
3030211428
ISBN13 Digital
9783030211431
ISBN10 Digital
3030211436
PDF Size
2.9 MB
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