Dissection of a truth regime
The narrowing effects on the public good of neoliberal discourse in the Virginia performance-based funding policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2925536 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angelo J Letizia (0009-0000-6396-8615, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 282-297 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-03 |
| 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 | 10.1080/01596306.2015.1015966 |
| OpenAlex | W1970125627 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
A major role of all public higher education institutions is to foster the public good. In democratic societies, the public good emphasizes the more collective activities and benefits and how resources are accessible to all in a society. Institutions of higher education create new knowledge, promote cultural tolerance, increase civic activity, and have lasting intergenerational effects among other things which all serve to enhance the collective activities of a polity. Since public higher education institutions promote the public good, and since public higher education institutions are governed by policy, educational policy becomes a crucial determiner of the public good. Moreover, policies are constructed with language or discourse. Thus, the discourse of policy, which has the power to structure the actions, speech, and thoughts of those affected by the policy, has a direct impact on the public good. In light of this importance, this paper critically examines the discourse of educational policy.Keywords: accountabilityneoliberalismpolicy discourse analysishigher educationthe public goodhegemonyperformance-based fundingView correction statement:Correction to: Dissection of a truth regime: the narrowing effects on the public good of neoliberal discourse in the Virginia performance-based funding policy Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.Notes1. The full policy is accessible at http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?000+cod+23-38.87C10
Economics · Policy studies · Political science · Politics · Polity · Public good · Public policy · Public relations · Sociology · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Research Studies · Law · Public Administration · Social and Cultural Dynamics
The Neoliberal State
Constructions of Neoliberal Reason
Higher Learning, Greater Good
On Critical Pedagogy
The public/private divide in higher education
Beyond national states, markets, and systems of higher education
Academic Capitalism and the New Economy
Neoliberalism, Immiseration Capitalism, and The Historical Urgency of a Socialist Education
Public Goods, Private Goods
Free to Choose
One World
Investment in Learning
The Changing Face of Accountability
Brief History of Neoliberalism
Performance Funding for Higher Education
Position of text and discourse analysis in higher education policy research
Policy subjects and policy actors in schools
Dissection of a truth regime
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |