Higher Education Governance and Policy Change in Western Europe

International Challenges to Historical Institutions
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-39984-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 141 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 4091 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dobbins, M.

Knill, C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Author Christoph Knill: Christoph Knill is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Munich. Previously he has held positions at the Universities of Konstanz and Jena, the European University Institute in Florence and the Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. He has authored numerous publications including Public Policy: A New Introduction (Palgrave Macmillan 2012, with Jale Tosun) and Environmental Politics in the European Union: Policy-making, Implementation and Patterns of Multilevel Governance (Manchester University Press, 2007, with Duncan Liefferink).