TY - BOOK ID - 46206270 TI - Quality : From Plato to Performance PY - 2019 SN - 3030103927 3030103919 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Quality (Philosophy) KW - Philosophy KW - Social sciences-Philosophy. KW - Public finance. KW - Sociology-Research. KW - Knowledge - Discourse. KW - Social Theory. KW - Public Economics. KW - Media Sociology. KW - Research Methodology. KW - Cameralistics KW - Public finance KW - Currency question KW - Public finances KW - Sociology. KW - Social sciences—Philosophy. KW - Mass media. KW - Communication. KW - Sociology—Research. KW - Communication, Primitive KW - Mass communication KW - Sociology KW - Media, Mass KW - Media, The KW - Communication KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46206270 AB - 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. . ER -