This issue of Citizenship Studies explores practices of citizenship in heterogeneous sites and sc... more This issue of Citizenship Studies explores practices of citizenship in heterogeneous sites and scales, drawing upon anthropological studies. It aims to displace some of the taken for granted assumptions about the what and where of citizenship as a focus of social and political engagement. In this it is inspired by concerns shared with much recent work in the study of citizenship (and in Citizenship Studies) which has challenged the normative framing of citizenship as a juridical and political status identified with the nation-state (Isin and ...
ABSTRACT Since its inception in 1992 Ofsted (The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Se... more ABSTRACT Since its inception in 1992 Ofsted (The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills) has inspected schools under Section 9 of the Education (Schools) Act 1992; Section 10 of the School Inspections Act 1996; and Section 5 of the Education Act 2005. Pressure on England to improve its system of education has not only emerged from the national need for all schools to serve their pupils well, but has also been prompted by an increasing emphasis on international league tables such as that produced by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development). In tables such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), England is viewed as underperforming against comparable countries. As a result, Ofsted has introduced what the agency terms to be one of the most stringent and demanding inspection frameworks since its inception. This framework reduces the previous 29 inspection judgements to just four, purportedly placing a far greater emphasis on the professional judgement of the inspector and representing a major departure from the ‘tick box’ approach which characterised previous frameworks. This paper examines the paradoxical fate of inspector professional judgement and concludes that whilst this may appear to signal a rapprochement between inspectors and teaching profession, there are considerable tensions when professional judgement is considered alongside quality control within a highly complex system. The study concludes that in order that inspection attains credibility as a method by which to govern education, this shift requires a more considered approach to ways in which this professional judgement can be effective within the challenging environment of the English education system.
This issue of Citizenship Studies explores practices of citizenship in heterogeneous sites and sc... more This issue of Citizenship Studies explores practices of citizenship in heterogeneous sites and scales, drawing upon anthropological studies. It aims to displace some of the taken for granted assumptions about the what and where of citizenship as a focus of social and political engagement. In this it is inspired by concerns shared with much recent work in the study of citizenship (and in Citizenship Studies) which has challenged the normative framing of citizenship as a juridical and political status identified with the nation-state (Isin and ...
Page 1. v Contents List of Table and Figures vii Preface viii Notes on Contributors ix 1 Investig... more Page 1. v Contents List of Table and Figures vii Preface viii Notes on Contributors ix 1 Investigating the Disaggregation, Innovation, and Mediation of Authority in Global Politics 1 Hans Krause Hansen Part I The Disaggregation of Authority 2 Disaggregating Authority in Global Governance 27 Tony Porter 3 Governing Regulative Networks Beyond the State 51 Hans Peter Olsen 4 Internet Regulation – Multi-Stakeholder Participation and Authority 72 Mikkel Flyverbom and Sven Bislev Part II The Innovation of Authority ...
This article examines the tensions and related dilemmas which emerge as part of governance strate... more This article examines the tensions and related dilemmas which emerge as part of governance strategies that change the relationship between citizens and public welfare services. This includes both participation through free choice and citizen participation in networks. The first time of participation is closely linked to New Public Management and is specifically characterized by an interplay between network and hierarchy. The article explores the term and implementation of “consumer citizens” and its unintended aspects of such a process. Moreover, the article analyzes other initiatives, which have been developed as part of the reform of public services, especially the increasingly significant emphasis on public participation. The article suggests that the co-existence of different forms of governance requires a critical perspective, because such co-existence often leads to dilemmas that may be difficult to solve.
This chapter examines the break-up of the welfare state as a process that involved a crisis of re... more This chapter examines the break-up of the welfare state as a process that involved a crisis of representation. In particular, social democratic images of the public and their embodiment in the organizational regimes of welfare bureau-professionalism were dislocated by the New Right's attack on the welfare state. The chapter argues that the attempt to reinvent the public's relationship to social welfare through the couplet of managerialism and consumerism created an impoverished conception of the public realm. Communitarianism has been presented as a response to this impoverishment. However, both lessons from history and the contemporary inflections of community suggest that communitarianism needs to be seen as an attempt to resolve the ‘crisis of the social’ in social welfare in regressive directions.
This issue of Citizenship Studies explores practices of citizenship in heterogeneous sites and sc... more This issue of Citizenship Studies explores practices of citizenship in heterogeneous sites and scales, drawing upon anthropological studies. It aims to displace some of the taken for granted assumptions about the what and where of citizenship as a focus of social and political engagement. In this it is inspired by concerns shared with much recent work in the study of citizenship (and in Citizenship Studies) which has challenged the normative framing of citizenship as a juridical and political status identified with the nation-state (Isin and ...
ABSTRACT Since its inception in 1992 Ofsted (The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Se... more ABSTRACT Since its inception in 1992 Ofsted (The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills) has inspected schools under Section 9 of the Education (Schools) Act 1992; Section 10 of the School Inspections Act 1996; and Section 5 of the Education Act 2005. Pressure on England to improve its system of education has not only emerged from the national need for all schools to serve their pupils well, but has also been prompted by an increasing emphasis on international league tables such as that produced by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development). In tables such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), England is viewed as underperforming against comparable countries. As a result, Ofsted has introduced what the agency terms to be one of the most stringent and demanding inspection frameworks since its inception. This framework reduces the previous 29 inspection judgements to just four, purportedly placing a far greater emphasis on the professional judgement of the inspector and representing a major departure from the ‘tick box’ approach which characterised previous frameworks. This paper examines the paradoxical fate of inspector professional judgement and concludes that whilst this may appear to signal a rapprochement between inspectors and teaching profession, there are considerable tensions when professional judgement is considered alongside quality control within a highly complex system. The study concludes that in order that inspection attains credibility as a method by which to govern education, this shift requires a more considered approach to ways in which this professional judgement can be effective within the challenging environment of the English education system.
This issue of Citizenship Studies explores practices of citizenship in heterogeneous sites and sc... more This issue of Citizenship Studies explores practices of citizenship in heterogeneous sites and scales, drawing upon anthropological studies. It aims to displace some of the taken for granted assumptions about the what and where of citizenship as a focus of social and political engagement. In this it is inspired by concerns shared with much recent work in the study of citizenship (and in Citizenship Studies) which has challenged the normative framing of citizenship as a juridical and political status identified with the nation-state (Isin and ...
Page 1. v Contents List of Table and Figures vii Preface viii Notes on Contributors ix 1 Investig... more Page 1. v Contents List of Table and Figures vii Preface viii Notes on Contributors ix 1 Investigating the Disaggregation, Innovation, and Mediation of Authority in Global Politics 1 Hans Krause Hansen Part I The Disaggregation of Authority 2 Disaggregating Authority in Global Governance 27 Tony Porter 3 Governing Regulative Networks Beyond the State 51 Hans Peter Olsen 4 Internet Regulation – Multi-Stakeholder Participation and Authority 72 Mikkel Flyverbom and Sven Bislev Part II The Innovation of Authority ...
This article examines the tensions and related dilemmas which emerge as part of governance strate... more This article examines the tensions and related dilemmas which emerge as part of governance strategies that change the relationship between citizens and public welfare services. This includes both participation through free choice and citizen participation in networks. The first time of participation is closely linked to New Public Management and is specifically characterized by an interplay between network and hierarchy. The article explores the term and implementation of “consumer citizens” and its unintended aspects of such a process. Moreover, the article analyzes other initiatives, which have been developed as part of the reform of public services, especially the increasingly significant emphasis on public participation. The article suggests that the co-existence of different forms of governance requires a critical perspective, because such co-existence often leads to dilemmas that may be difficult to solve.
This chapter examines the break-up of the welfare state as a process that involved a crisis of re... more This chapter examines the break-up of the welfare state as a process that involved a crisis of representation. In particular, social democratic images of the public and their embodiment in the organizational regimes of welfare bureau-professionalism were dislocated by the New Right's attack on the welfare state. The chapter argues that the attempt to reinvent the public's relationship to social welfare through the couplet of managerialism and consumerism created an impoverished conception of the public realm. Communitarianism has been presented as a response to this impoverishment. However, both lessons from history and the contemporary inflections of community suggest that communitarianism needs to be seen as an attempt to resolve the ‘crisis of the social’ in social welfare in regressive directions.
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