Essays about: "evaluative ideals"

Found 2 essays containing the words evaluative ideals.

  1. 1. The Duck-Rabbit Ambiguity of Evaluations: A Comparative Study of How Evaluative Ideals Are Discursively Constructed and Affect Evaluative Judgments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alfred Tilly; [2022]
    Keywords : critical discourse analysis; municipal auditing; evaluation; evaluative ideals; evaluation use; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Evaluative practices play an increasingly important role in the management of local government. More than ever, evaluations are seen as a means for stakeholders to garner objective information about the performance of public organizations in order to demand accountability. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Politics of Literacy in Sweden 1949–2013 : A Governmentality Studies Perspective

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Naomi Smedberg; [2014]
    Keywords : literacy; expertise; knowledge; government regulation; citizenship; läs- och skrivkunnighet; kunskapsteori; styrning; medborgarskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this master’s thesis is to trace examples of political rationality and governmental technologies in a selection of final reports of Swedish Public State Inquiries (SOU) where literacy and related concepts are fea-tured. I make use of the governmentality studies perspective developed by Nikolas Rose and colleagues. READ MORE