Education and Political Theory: Prospects and Points of View

Raaper, R.; Olssen, M.

doi:10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_251-1

All Outputs (7)

Introduction: Institutionalizing Student Voice through Governance Structures (2023)
Book Chapter
Raaper, R. (2023). Introduction: Institutionalizing Student Voice through Governance Structures. In J. Conner, R. Raaper, C. Guzmán-Valenzuela, & L. Gauthier (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Student Voice in Higher Education (251-254). London: Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350342484.pt-004

Introduction (2023)
Book Chapter
Conner, J., Raaper, R., Guzman-Valenzuela, C., & Gauthier, L. (2023). Introduction. In J. Conner, R. Raaper, C. Guzmán-Valenzuela, & L. Gauthier (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Student Voice in Higher Education (1-6). London: Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350342484-007

Freedom, fragmentation and student politics: tracing the effects of consumerism in English students’ unions (2022)
Book Chapter
Raaper, R. (2022). Freedom, fragmentation and student politics: tracing the effects of consumerism in English students’ unions. In R. Watermeyer, R. Raaper, & M. Olssen (Eds.), Handbook on Academic Freedom (288-303). Edward Elgar Publishing

Student Politics: Resistance, Refusal and Representation (2020)
Book Chapter
Raaper, R., & Burke, C. (2020). Student Politics: Resistance, Refusal and Representation. In M. Murphy, C. Burke, C. Costa, & R. Raaper (Eds.), Social theory and the politics of higher education. Critical perspectives on institutional research (187-197). Bloomsbury Academic

Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education brings together an international group of scholars who shine a theoretical light on the politics of academic life and higher education. The book covers three key areas: 1) Institutional governance, w... Read More about Student Politics: Resistance, Refusal and Representation.

Assessment Policy and “Pockets of Freedom” in a Neoliberal University. A Foucauldian Perspective (2019)
Book Chapter
Raaper, R. (2019). Assessment Policy and “Pockets of Freedom” in a Neoliberal University. A Foucauldian Perspective. In C. Manathunga, & D. Bottrell (Eds.), Resisting neoliberalism in higher education. Volume II. Prising open the cracks (155--175). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95834-7_8

Guided by a Foucauldian theorisation, this chapter conducts a discourse analysis of assessment policy documents in one neoliberalised UK university. Furthermore, it traces the ways in which academics and graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) as assesso... Read More about Assessment Policy and “Pockets of Freedom” in a Neoliberal University. A Foucauldian Perspective.

Contesting student identities: making sense of students’ positioning in higher education policy (2019)
Book Chapter
Wright, A., & Raaper, R. (2019). Contesting student identities: making sense of students’ positioning in higher education policy. In A. Bagshaw, & D. McVitty (Eds.), Influencing higher education policy : a professional guide to making an impact (65-77). Routledge

Education and Political Theory: Prospects and Points of View (2016)
Book Chapter
Raaper, R., & Olssen, M. (2016). Education and Political Theory: Prospects and Points of View. In M. Peters (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational philosophy and theory (1-5). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_251-1

Education, philosophy, and politics can be seen as the tripos in Western tradition, defining the canon and practices of political and educational institutions (Peters 2012). In the light of recent educational research, it could also be argued that th... Read More about Education and Political Theory: Prospects and Points of View.