Higher Education and the Nation State / Edition 1

by Huisman J. Huisman, Jeroen Huisman, G. Huisman

Overview

This book contains a number of cross-national analyses of policies and policy-processes regarding higher education. Design, dynamics and outcomes of a variety of policies are studied at both the national and the institutional level. The theoretical perspectives on which the empirical studies are mainly based are founded in public administration, political science, economics, and sociology. Comparisons are made within Europe, and between Europe, the United States and Australia. Next to comparative insights in higher education policy, the book also offers up-to-date and comparable information on these higher education systems. The book is highly relevant for administrators, policy-makers, researchers and students in the field of higher education. In addition, it offers a wealth of information for everyone interested in the application of policy-analysis in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080427904
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	01/01/2001
Series:	Ihes Series
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

List of contributors. Introduction. Europe the pioneer of the exception (J. Huisman et al.). The European dimension in Higher Education: an

Editorial Reviews

A collection that investigates organizational change in higher education and the extent to which such change has been influenced by national and supranational policies. Its theme of the relationship between higher education and the nation-state is of interest primarily to researchers and graduate students in higher education and to policymakers in national governments and institutional administration. Most of the chapters were first presented at two key conferences on higher education held in 1997 and organized under the auspices of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science. The nine contributors are academics based in the Netherlands, Portugal, Norway, Italy, Belgium, and the US. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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