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The new political economy of higher education between distributional conflicts and discursive stratification

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Schulze-Cleven , Tobias , Reitz, Tilman , Maeße, Jens and Angermuller, Johannes (2017) The new political economy of higher education between distributional conflicts and discursive stratification. Higher Education, 73 (6). pp. 795-912. doi:10.1007/s10734-017-0114-4

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Abstract

The higher education sector has been undergoing a far-reaching institutional re-orientation during the past two decades. Many adjustments appear to have strengthened the role of competition in the governance of higher education, but the character of the sector’s emerging new political economy has frequently remained unclear. Serving as the introduction for the special issue, this article makes the case for a multidimensional strategy to probe higher education’s competitive transformation. In terms of conceptualizing the major empirical shifts, we argue for analyzing three core phenomena: varieties of academic capitalism, the discursive construction of inequality, and the transformation of hierarchies in competitive settings. With respect to theoretical tools, we emphasize the complementary contributions of institutional, class-oriented, and discourse analytical approaches. As this introduction elaborates and the contributions to the special issue demonstrate, critical dialog among different analytical traditions over the interpretation of change is crucial for improving established understandings. Arguably, it is essential for clarifying the respective roles of capitalist power and hierarchical rule in the construction of the sector’s new order.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Business and education, Education, Higher -- Economic aspects, Universities and colleges -- Sociological aspects, Universities and colleges -- Economic aspects, Capitalism and education
Journal or Publication Title: Higher Education
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
ISSN: 0018-1560
Official Date: 1 March 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
1 March 2017Published
7 February 2017Accepted
Volume: 73
Number: 6
Page Range: pp. 795-912
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-017-0114-4
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Körber-Stiftung, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena‏

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