Bringing political parties into the picture: a two-dimensional analytical framework for higher education policy

Higher Education

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 867-882

  Jungblut, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Analytical framework; Higher education policy; Higher education steering and governance; Political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929077355     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-014-9810-5     Document Type: Article

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