University governance: western european comparative perspectives

Higher education reforms have been on the agenda of Western European countries for 25 years, trying to deal with self governed professional bureaucracies politically weakened by massification when an emerging common understanding enhanced their role as major actors in knowledge based economies. While university systems are deeply embedded in national settings, the ex post rationale of still on-going reforms is surprisingly uniform and de-nationalized. They promote (1) the organizational turn of universities, to varying extent substituting collegial loosely coupled entities by integrated, goal-oriented entities deliberately choosing their own actions (and therefore open to differentiation), that can thus be held responsible for what they do (2) the diversification of stakeholders, supposedly offering solutions to problems as various as the democratisation of universities, the shrinking of State budget resources and the diversification of university missions offering answers to changes in the making and in the use of science. Breaks down current walls between specialists in higher education, public management and research policy Shows that national pathdependence in university reform trajectories may coincide with processes of convergence Renews the way of looking at Higher education, by focusing researchand research education as a main issue INDICE: From the contents 1. The ‘Steering’ Of Higher Education Systems: APublic Management Perspective; E. Ferlie, C. Musselin, G. Andresani. 2. France. From Invisible Transitions To Institutional Change; C. Musselin, C. Paradeise. 3. Germany: A Latecomer To New Public Management; U. Schimank, S. Lange. 4. Italy: Local Policy Legacy And Moving To An ‘In Between’ Configuration; E. Reale, B. Poti. 5. Netherlands: An ‘Echternach’ Procession In Different Directions Oscillating Steps Towards Reform; D.F. Westerheijden, H. De Boer, J. Enders. 6. Norway: From Tortoise To Eager Beaver; I. Bleiklie. 7. Switzerland: Between Cooperation And Competition; L. Baschung, M. Benninghoff, G. Goastellec, J. Perellon. 8. United Kingdom: From Bureau Professionalism To New Public Management? E. Ferlie, G. Andresani. 9. A Comparative Approach To Higher Education Reforms In Western Europe; C. Paradeise, E. Reale, G. Goastellec.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-8637-3
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 250
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés