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Povzetki/Abstracts
Mitja Sardoč
The Language of Neoliberal Education
For over two decades now, neoliberalism has been at the forefront of dis-
cussions not only in the economy and finance but has infiltrated our vo-
cabulary in a number of areas as diverse as governance studies, crimi-
nology, health care, jurisprudence, education etc. Interestingly enough,
education has been at the very center of the neoliberal public policy agen-
da as it allegedly represents one of the main indicators of future econom-
ic growth and individual well-being. While the analysis of the neoliber-
al agenda in education is well documented, the analysis of the language
of neoliberal education is at the fringes of scholarly interest. In particu-
lar, the expansion of the neoliberal vocabulary with egalitarian ideas such
as fairness, justice, equality of opportunity, well-being etc. has received [at
best] only limited attention. This introductory article to ‘The Language of
Neoliberal Education’ journal special issue presents some of the main de-
lineating features of this shift of emphasis associated with the language of
the neoliberal agenda in education. It also introduces the articles and the
interview that are part of this journal special issue.
Keywords: neoliberalism, education, OECD, ideology
Jezik neoliberalnega izobraževanja
Neoliberalizem je že več kot dve desetletji v ospredju razprav ne samo v
gospodarstvu in financah, temveč se je vključil v naš besednjak tudi na
številnih drugih področjih kot so politična teorija, kriminologija, zdravst-
veno varstvo, pravo, vzgoja in izobraževanje itd. Hkrati je tudi zanimivo,
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Mitja Sardoč
The Language of Neoliberal Education
For over two decades now, neoliberalism has been at the forefront of dis-
cussions not only in the economy and finance but has infiltrated our vo-
cabulary in a number of areas as diverse as governance studies, crimi-
nology, health care, jurisprudence, education etc. Interestingly enough,
education has been at the very center of the neoliberal public policy agen-
da as it allegedly represents one of the main indicators of future econom-
ic growth and individual well-being. While the analysis of the neoliber-
al agenda in education is well documented, the analysis of the language
of neoliberal education is at the fringes of scholarly interest. In particu-
lar, the expansion of the neoliberal vocabulary with egalitarian ideas such
as fairness, justice, equality of opportunity, well-being etc. has received [at
best] only limited attention. This introductory article to ‘The Language of
Neoliberal Education’ journal special issue presents some of the main de-
lineating features of this shift of emphasis associated with the language of
the neoliberal agenda in education. It also introduces the articles and the
interview that are part of this journal special issue.
Keywords: neoliberalism, education, OECD, ideology
Jezik neoliberalnega izobraževanja
Neoliberalizem je že več kot dve desetletji v ospredju razprav ne samo v
gospodarstvu in financah, temveč se je vključil v naš besednjak tudi na
številnih drugih področjih kot so politična teorija, kriminologija, zdravst-
veno varstvo, pravo, vzgoja in izobraževanje itd. Hkrati je tudi zanimivo,
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