Quality From Plato to Performance /

• Main Author: Dahler-Larsen, Peter (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Sociology.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Public finance.; Mass media.; Communication.; Sociology-Research.; Knowledge - Discourse.; Social Theory.; Public Economics.; Media Sociology.; Research Methodology.

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 implic...

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.