Governing the academic subject: Foucault, governmentality and the performing university

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 797-810

  Morrissey, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

academic performance; Foucault; governmentality; neoliberal university; subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889087814     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2013.860891     Document Type: Article

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