The Limits of Neoliberalism: Authority, Sovereignty and the Logic of Competition
Abstract
Since its intellectual inception in the 1930s and its political emergence in the 1970s, neo-liberalism has sought to disenchant politics by replacing it with economics. This agenda-setting text examines the efforts and failures of economic experts to make government and public life amenable to measurement, and to re-model society and state in terms of competition. In particular, it explores the practical use of economic techniques and conventions by policy-makers, politicians, regulators and judges and how these practices are being adapted to the perceived failings of the neoliberal model
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The introduction of high and/or variable fees in higher education is generally accompanied by a greater tendency towards the instrumentalization of learning and education.
“the introduction of high and/or variable fees is generally accompanied by a systematic change of culture in higher education, including a greater tendency towards the 'instrumentalization' of learning and education”
From Public Provision in Democratic Societies (2024) · cites this paper as Davies 2014
The introduction of high and/or variable fees in higher education is generally accompanied by a funneling of students towards more economically remunerative courses and away from subjects whose value is best captured in non-pecuniary ways.
“a funneling of students towards courses that are more straightforwardly remunerative in economic terms, and away from subjects and courses whose value may be best captured in non-pecuniary ways”
From Public Provision in Democratic Societies (2024) · cites this paper as Davies 2014
The introduction of high and/or variable fees in higher education is generally accompanied by a transformation of self-conception among students, academics, and administrators/managers of academic institutions, who come to see the enterprise in more atomized and competitive terms and less as a domain of cooperation and collaboration.
“a transformation of self-conception among students, academics and (especially) among the administrators and managers of academic institutions, who come to see the enterprise in which they are engaged in more atomized and competitive terms, and less as a domain of cooperation and collaboration”
From Public Provision in Democratic Societies (2024) · cites this paper as Davies 2014
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- Authors
- Davies, W.
- Corresponding author
- Davies, William
- ORCID
- Davies, William
- Venue
- SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Published
- 2014
- OpenAlex
- W2233299780
- Cited by
- 791
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 85.44
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Goldsmiths Research Online (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Globalization and political ideologies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Foucault, Power, and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Economic and Social Issues
- Keywords
- neoliberalism, economic expertise, competition, state sovereignty, authority, economic policy-making, regulation, judicial decision-making, political economy
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