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ERIC Number: EJ1157584
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0962-0214
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Equality and Excellence. Hegemonic Discourses of Economisation within the German Education System
Peter, Tobias; Bröckling, Ulrich
International Studies in Sociology of Education, v26 n3 p231-247 2016
Looking to conflicting constitutions of education systems through the terms equality and excellence, this paper examines the discursive formation of two political rationalities in the contemporary German education system. While early childhood and primary education discourses are dominated by a terminology of equality, tertiary education institutions such as universities are described using a terminology of excellence that has become a reference point for political interventions and institutional reform processes. Drawing from hegemony theory, governmentality studies and systems theory, this paper analyses the rules of justification referred to by such hegemonic discourses. It presents a policy discourse analysis of strategic, conceptional and institutional texts produced between 2003 and 2010. Through this analysis, the paper suggests that "mobilising" and "optimising" represent the common principles of equality and excellence as economic rationalities.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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