Government continues to do its job. A comparative study of governance shifts in the higher education sector

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1622-1642

  Capano, Giliberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HIGHER EDUCATION; POLICY MAKING;

ENGLAND; GERMANY; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84055189999     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01936.x     Document Type: Article

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