Nash, Kate. 2019. Neo-liberalisation, Universities and the Values of Bureaucracy. The Sociological Review, 67(1), pp. 178-193. ISSN 0038-0261 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

Neo-liberalisation of universities is advancing through a bureaucratic revolution. ‘Marketising bureaucracy’ advances neo-liberalisation through audit and rankings in the name of ensuring value for money and consumer choice. However, bureaucracy in universities is not total, just as neo-liberalisation is a project which advances on an uneven terrain of values. This article argues that to exercise academic autonomy, to continue to value education, we must learn to distinguish between ‘marketising’ and ‘socialising’ bureaucracy. Socialising bureaucracy encodes the ethos of impartiality in practices that support academic judgement – both against marketisation and against abuses of collegiality.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026118754780
Keywords:	academic autonomy, audit culture, collegiality, education, street level bureaucrats
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Sociology
Dates:	Date Event 1 December 2017 Accepted 1 February 2018 Published Online 1 January 2019 Published
Item ID:	22509
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2017 15:56
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2021 04:59
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/22509

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