Quality : From Plato to Performance / by Peter Dahler-Larsen.
2019
HM24-37
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Title
Quality : From Plato to Performance / by Peter Dahler-Larsen.
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Edition
1st ed. 2019.
ISBN
9783030103927
3030103927
9783030103927
9783030103910 (print)
3030103919
9783030103934 (print)
3030103935
3030103927
9783030103927
9783030103910 (print)
3030103919
9783030103934 (print)
3030103935
Published
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (VII, 255 pages) : online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-10392-7 doi
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HM24-37
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.42
Summary
The notion of quality features prominently in contemporary discourse. Numerous ratings, rankings, metrics, auditing, accreditation, benchmarking, smileys, reviews, and international comparisons are all used regularly to capture quality. This book paves the way in exploring the socio-political implications of evaluative statements, with a specific focus on the contribution of the concept of quality to these processes. Drawing on perspectives from the history of ideas, sociology, political science and public management, Dahler-Larsen asks what is the role of quality, and more specifically quality inscriptions, such as measurement? What do they accomplish? And finally, as a consequence of all this, does the term quality make it possible to deal with public issues in a way that lives up to democratic standards? This cross-disciplinary book will be of interest to scholars and students across various fields, including sociology, social epistemology, political science, public policy, and evaluation.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2: A History of the Concept of Quality
Chapter 3: Quality Perspectives
Chapter 4: Quality Inscriptions: Their Makers and Their Consequences
Chapter 5: Qualitization and Models of Qualitization
Chapter 6: Quality Without Democracy
Chapter 7: Epilogue: What to Do.
Chapter 2: A History of the Concept of Quality
Chapter 3: Quality Perspectives
Chapter 4: Quality Inscriptions: Their Makers and Their Consequences
Chapter 5: Qualitization and Models of Qualitization
Chapter 6: Quality Without Democracy
Chapter 7: Epilogue: What to Do.