Neoliberal common sense and race-neutral discourses
A Critique of "Evidence-Based" Policy-Making in School Policing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2937684 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen Nolan (0000-0001-6587-6757, Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 894-907 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-09 |
| 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 | 10.1080/01596306.2014.905457 |
| OpenAlex | W2060391918 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 32 |
The author of this paper uses critical discourse analysis and draws on critical social theory and policy studies to analyze the interdiscursivity between neoliberal common sense discourses around crime and safety and race-neutral discourses, “evidence-based” policy, and the research that supports school policing programs. The author offers a macro-sociological analysis of how neoliberal common sense and race-neutral discourses shape crime policy. Next, the author discusses the rise of “evidence-based” policy formation. She argues that evidence-based policy serves to narrow the scope of what constitutes “scientific” research and delegitimize research that uses race as an analytical lens. Then, through textual analysis of samples of the “evidence” supporting school policing, the author illustrates the ways in which neoliberal common sense discourses around crime and safety and race-neutral discourses become the ideological starting point for the research and internalized within research documents. The result is the creation of a hegemonic “evidence-loop” that privileges ideologically driven research that assumes a “scientific” stance and obscures racial bias while it excludes the critical research on the school policing
Common sense · Criminology · Critical discourse analysis · Critical race theory · Epistemology · Hegemony · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Education Discipline and Inequality · Gender Studies · Law · Youth Development and Social Support
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |