TheUKNational Student Survey: An amalgam of discipline and neo‐liberal governmentality
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DOI: 10.1002/berj.3512
Abstract: The UK National Student Survey (NSS) has high status on the agenda of UK universities. Its rise in status is linked to its influence on national rankings and associated funding streams referenced to the Teaching… read more here.
Keywords: liberal governmentality; neo liberal; governmentality; discipline neo ... See more keywords
Smart cities and behavioural change: (Un)sustainable mobilities in the neo-liberal city
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.06.010
Abstract: Abstract The smart cities agenda has garnered considerable interest recently as the spread of mobile technologies and notions of ‘big data’ have opened possibilities for promoting greater efficiencies in urban metabolisms. This has been particularly… read more here.
Keywords: change; smart cities; cities behavioural; neo liberal ... See more keywords
“Correcting Capitalism”: Changing Metrics and Meanings of Work among Japanese Employees
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DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2017.1381984
Abstract: ABSTRACT What have been the processes of economic restructuring occurring inside many Japanese corporations, and what neo-liberal techniques have been used on the ground since the 2000s? By placing Japanese neo-liberalism within the broader historical… read more here.
Keywords: metrics meanings; capitalism changing; correcting capitalism; changing metrics ... See more keywords
The spectacle of competence: global pandemic and the redesign of leadership in a post neo-liberal world
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DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2021.1898023
Abstract: ABSTRACT This discussion piece examines the role that New Zealand played in the global media narrative about Covid-19 responses. The New Zealand Government’s response in general, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s leadership in particular, came… read more here.
Keywords: leadership; new zealand; world; spectacle competence ... See more keywords
Tourism concessions in National Parks: neo-liberal governance experiments for a Conservation Economy in New Zealand
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DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2015.1115512
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper analyses the use of concessions for tourism business in protected areas, including National Parks (NPs), in New Zealand, with specific reference to their financial and in-kind contributions to conservation work. A holistic… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; new zealand; national parks; governance ... See more keywords
Literary non-fiction and the neo-liberal city: Subalternity and urban governance in Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers
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DOI: 10.1080/17449855.2018.1496468
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article challenges claims made for Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers as a piece of non-fiction, using the text to explore questions around subaltern agency and voice that have been at the centre… read more here.
Keywords: beautiful forevers; literary non; urban governance; non fiction ... See more keywords
Social security discourses in a non-democratic state: Belarus between Soviet paternalistic legacies and neo-liberal pressures
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DOI: 10.13165/vpa-18-17-4-04
Abstract: The article presents an analysis of social security discourses produced by contending political actors in non-democratic Belarus. Initially, we outline the current situation of social security policies in Belarus. Then we identify key concepts regarding… read more here.
Keywords: state; non democratic; security discourses; security ... See more keywords