Higher Education Governance and Policy Change in Western Europe - (Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education) by M Dobbins & C Knill (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"Since the national process tracing of the HE reforms with a comparative perspective and multi-model analysis is rich and presents theoretical challenges to advance the field, I highly recommend Dobbins' and Knill's book to students and researchers in the fields of education policy, comparative education, and political science as well as policy-makers." (Marcelo Marques, Journal of Education Policy, Vol. 31 (1), January, 2016)

About the Author

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).