Higher education governance and policy change in Western Europe : international challenges to historical institutions
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Higher education governance and policy change in Western Europe : international challenges to historical institutions
（Palgrave studies in global higher education）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
Available at 5 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-227) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides a comparative analysis of the impact of 'soft Europeanization' on higher education governance in Western Europe. Using concrete indicators of policy change, it focuses on university reform in Italy, France, Germany and the UK to explore how historical legacies and transnational communication have impacted policy pathways.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Higher Education Governance between Historical Roots and Transnational Convergence Pressures 2. Theoretical Framework: National Higher Education Policies between Transnational Communication and Institutional Path-Dependence 3. France: More State, More Market and More Humboldt? 4. Italy: The "Outsmarted" State? 5. Great Britain: Policy "Doubling-Down" as a Response to Transnationalization? 6. Germany: From Humboldtism to "Constrained Marketization" 7. Comparative Conclusions
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