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Title University governance : Western European comparative perspectives / edited by Catherine Paradeise [and others]
Published Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 322 pages) : illustrations
Series Higher education dynamics ; 25
Higher education dynamics ; 25.
Contents The Governance of Higher Education Systems: A Public Management Perspective; France: From Incremental Transitions to Institutional Change; Germany: A Latecomer to New Public Management; Italy: Local Policy Legacy and Moving to an 'In Between' Configuration; Netherlands; Norway: From Tortoise to Eager Beaver?; Switzerland; United Kingdom from Bureau Professionalism to New Public Management?; A Comparative Approach to Higher Education Reforms in Western European Countries; Universities Steering between Stories and History
Summary Focuses on 'network-based' governance systems, where coordinating power and control are collectively shared between the major 'social actors or partners' at various levels of the decision-making system. This book tries to use Higher education system to discuss issues on state intervention
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-310) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Education, Higher -- Europe, Western -- Administration
University autonomy -- Europe, Western
Higher education and state -- Europe, Western
University autonomy -- Europe, Western.
Higher education and state -- Europe, Western.
Education, Higher -- Europe, Western -- Administration.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Education.
Education, Higher -- Administration
Higher education and state
University autonomy
Western Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Paradeise, Catherine.
ISBN 9781402095153
1402095155
1402086377
9781402086373
6612006242
9786612006241