The steering of higher education systems: A public management perspective

Higher Education

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-348

  Ferlie, Ewan ^a   Musselin, Christine ^b   Andresani, Gianluca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; New Public Management; Steering

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249094534     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9125-5     Document Type: Review

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