<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper follows the institutionalization of meritocracy in the Romanian higher education. Using the Romanian experience, the study explores the setting of meritocracy, highlights the revised institutional genesis that led to the adoption of a so-called post-traditional approach, and it reviews the deployment of practices that steered higher education in Romania. In support to these, a reflective stance is employed alongside secondary sources to scrutinize the techniques of control and practices which inform institutional evolution. The research attempts to shed light on the increase of doctrinal entrenchment through which meritocracy justifies academic stratification in a pauper system aspiring to world-class recognition.</p></abstract>

The paper follows the institutionalization of meritocracy in the Romanian higher education. Using the Romanian experience, the study explores the setting of meritocracy, highlights the revised institutional genesis that led to the adoption of a so-called post-traditional approach, and it reviews the deployment of practices that steered higher education in Romania. In support to these, a reflective stance is employed alongside secondary sources to scrutinize the techniques of control and practices which inform institutional evolution. The research attempts to shed light on the increase of doctrinal entrenchment through which meritocracy justifies academic stratification in a pauper system aspiring to world-class recognition.

The (RE)Production of Meritocracy: Challenges from the Romanian Higher Education System Under Neoliberalism

The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Sociologia

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The paper follows the institutionalization of meritocracy in the Romanian higher education. Using the Romanian experience, the study explores the setting of...

The (RE)Production of Meritocracy: Challenges from the Romanian Higher Education System Under Neoliberalism

Publié en ligne: 17 août 2020

Pages: 69 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/subbs-2020-0003

Mots clés
meritocracy, higher education policy, Romania, neoliberalism

© 2020 Alexandru Gavriş, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The (RE)Production of Meritocracy: Challenges from the Romanian Higher Education System Under Neoliberalism

Publié en ligne: 17 août 2020

Pages: 69 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/subbs-2020-0003

Mots clésmeritocracy, higher education policy, Romania, neoliberalism

© 2020 Alexandru Gavriş, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
meritocracy, higher education policy, Romania, neoliberalism