Adopting neoliberal values in Taiwan’s higher education governance: a hybridisation process

Chan, Sheng-Ju; Yang, Cheng-Cheng; Wai Lo, William Yat

Abstract

This article considers the adoption of Western neoliberalism in Taiwan’s higher education (HE) governance as a hybridisation process in which the influences of political democratisation, social liberalisation and Chinese cultural traditions intersect with contemporary Western norms and values. The paper draws on data from interviews with senior university administrators and education ministry officials to delineate the resistance to the competitive ethos embedded in neoliberalism and the retention of state presence and intervention in university governance, highlighting Taiwan’s historical, socio-political and cultural contexts. This account exemplifies how various historical, socio-political and cultural factors influence Taiwan’s HE governance and how Western norms and values are absorbed, questioned and resisted during the hybridisation process.

Citation

Chan, S., Yang, C., & Wai Lo, W. Y. (2023). Adopting neoliberal values in Taiwan’s higher education governance: a hybridisation process. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 44(3), 425-440. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2023.2200078

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 2, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Apr 14, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Deposit Date: Sep 21, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 15, 2024
• Journal: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
• Print ISSN: 0159-6306
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-3739
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 425-440
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2023.2200078
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1745427