Using Governmentality as a Conceptual Tool in Education Policy Research

dc.creator	Olena Fimyar
dc.date	2008-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:29:41Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:29:41Z
dc.identifier	1477-5557
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ae9a81b528eb45c5a4446483f0395116
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22179
dc.description	This paper analyses how governmentality as a conceptual tool is used in empirical social science research and, in particular, in education policy studies. The discussion starts with a cursory examination of the main definitions of governmentality first put forward by Foucault (1991) and further developed (in connection to liberal states) by Dean (1999), Gordon (1991), Larner and Walters (2004), Lemke (2000), and Rose (1996, 1999). It is maintained that in these diverse studies governmentality does not constitute a closed theoretical framework, but rather is operationalised as a generic analytical tool. The perception of governmentality in education studies is discussed in the second part of the paper. Educational research, which up until now has been more influenced by the methodological implications of Foucault's works rather than the conceptual, has shown evolving interest in governmentality. This tendency is exemplified in selected works by Ball (1990, 1994), Peters (2001a, 2001b, 2003) and Tikly (2003); the last even extended the application of governmentality to illiberal states. Taking Tikly's work as a point of reference for my study in progress, I attempt to apply the concept of governmentality to an understanding of policy-making, as technologies of government, in post-communist Ukraine. The possibilities and limitations of this theoretical endeavour are discussed in the final part of the paper.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Institute of Education, University of London
dc.relation	http://www.educatejournal.org/index.php?journal=educate&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=143
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1477-5557
dc.source	Educate~, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 3-18 (2008)
dc.subject	governmentality, governmentality-in-the-making, illiberal governmentality, policy research
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Using Governmentality as a Conceptual Tool in Education Policy Research
dc.type	article