Governing through guidance
An analysis of educational guidance practices in an Italian lower secondary school
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2922487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Romito (0000-0001-5909-9074, University of Milano-Bicocca, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 773-788 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01596306.2017.1314251 |
| OpenAlex | W2606719534 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 43 |
Current social policy discourse defines educational and career guidance as a key tool to enhance individual self-realisation while pursuing collective social objectives (economic growth, reduction of drop-out rate, social inclusion). Relying on Foucault’s concept of governmentality, critical research has long destabilised this mainstream narrative by stressing that guidance polices constitute a technology of government through which the political ambition to govern is realised by shaping citizens’ desires and ambitions. This article aims to provide an in-depth empirical analysis of how governing practices unfold within a concrete guidance setting. Based on ethnographic data, the essay focuses on guidance practices addressing 13–14-year-old students in Italy moving from comprehensive education to a tracked educational level. Particular emphasis is given to the role played by guidance forms, questionnaires and exercises. These materials, it is argued, enable particular technologies of the self that are key to involving individual in practices of self-government
Ethnography · Governmentality · Mainstream · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Realisation · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Social Work Education and Practice
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La nouvelle raison du monde
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The Subject and Power
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Powers of Freedom
The Will to Empower
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The Foucault Effect
Governmentality
The Birth of Biopolitics
Security, Territory, Population
Ethnographies of Neoliberal Governmentalities
Post-Foucauldian governmentality
Action and embodiment within situated human interaction
In between self-knowledge and school demands
Preoccupied with the self
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Disciplining the conduct of young people in compulsory education policy and practice
Governing the Soul - a Quarter of a Century On
The Psychic Life of Power
The Curriculum Vitae
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |