The rule of mimetic desire in higher education: governing through naming, shaming and faming

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 72-91

  Brøgger, Katja ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

agency; Bologna Process; European Union; material affective infrastructure; mimetic desire; Open Method of Coordination; policy ontology; soft governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951801397     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2015.1096191     Document Type: Article

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