Governance and governmentality: relation and relevance of two prominent social scientific concepts for comparative education
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-97022010000400003Keywords:
Governance, Governmentality, Education policy, Foucault, Educational governanceAbstract
Against the background of a changing relation between the state and "its" education system, the present contribution focuses on two concepts that can be used as analytical tools in order to analyze the current transformations. "Governance" is more concerned with technical issues: with instruments and modes, procedures and actors, with their constellations and forms of cooperation. It focuses research on questions such as: who provides educational services, what is the relation between public and private education etc. It is also very useful in investigating the relation between the various levels of analysis and has proven particularly useful for an adequate theoretical understanding of the role of international organizations in shaping educational policies. Sociology and political science are the two disciplines most prominently associated with elaborating the concept under various perspectives. Governmentality, on the other hand, although sharing many characteristics with governance, is a Foucauldian term concerned with the generation of different subjectivities through techniques and modes of ruling and guiding in an encompassing sense. Governmentality thus includes investigations of the typical Foucauldian knowledge/power nexus. Both perspectives are brought together to discuss the implications for comparative education.Downloads
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Governance and governmentality: relation and relevance of two prominent social scientific concepts for comparative education . (2010). Educação E Pesquisa, 36(spe), 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-97022010000400003