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Higher education governance and policy change in Western Europe : international challenges to historical institutions /

This book provides a systematic, comparative analysis of the impact of 'soft Europeanization' on higher education governance in Western Europe. Focusing on the four countries that initiated the Bologna Process -- Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, Michael Dobbins and Christoph...

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Main Authors: Dobbins, Michael, 1975- (Author), Knill, Christoph, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Basingstoke] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:Palgrave studies in global higher education.
Subjects:
EDUCATION / Higher.
Higher education and state > European Union countries.
Education, Higher > Law and legislation > European Union countries.
Education, Higher > Law and legislation.
Higher education and state.
Education and state > Europe, Western.
Education, Higher > Administration > Europe, Western.
Educational strategies & policy > Europe.
Higher & further education, tertiary education > Europe.
Society & culture: general > Europe.
Central > national > federal government policies > Europe.
Educational administration & organization > Europe.
Education.
Europe > European Union countries.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
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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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