Comparative higher education politics : policymaking in North America and Western Europe / Jens Jungblut, Martin Maltais, Erik C. Ness, Deanna Rexe, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jungblut, Jens, editor.

Maltais, Martin, editor.

Ness, Erik Christian, editor.

Rexe, Deanna, editor.

Series:

Higher education dynamics ; v. 60.

Higher education dynamics ; volume 60

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Political aspects--Canada.

Education, Higher--Political aspects--Europe, Western.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 548 pages) : illustrations, color maps.

Other Title:

Policymaking in North America and Western Europe

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]

Summary:

This volume provides an overview of the state of the art of research on the politics of higher education policy in Canada, the US, and Western Europe. Each thematic chapter combines an extensive literature review with original empirical work that further advances our understanding of policymaking dynamics in higher education. The book covers five key aspects of policymaking, namely the politics of governance as well as funding reforms, the role of interest groups, policy diffusion, and policy framing. These aspects are explored using a unique comparative design that combines comparisons within as well as between regions, and among the five key aspects of policymaking. The conceptual framework is anchored in approaches from institutional theory, namely sociological and historical institutionalism. This rare book coherently focuses on the same critical challenges that higher education faces in a changing global and national environment. These include vital governance and finance issues and how these are framed and contested by different organizations and interest groups as well as state actors. Within a broad institutionalist framework that reflects the tensions between historical university and national legacies on the one hand and regional and global influences on the other, the authors focus on policymaking in Western Europe, Canada, and the US. This is an engaging and creative endeavor, a must-read for scholars and policymakers alike. Francisco O. Ramirez, Graduate School of Education Stanford University This is a real achievement that will contribute to the development of research in politics of higher education policy, finance, and economic development. It is timely in an era when higher learning is increasingly salient to national policy, interest groups, and supranational bodies such as the EU. The focus on Canada, the US, and Europe frames a comparative approach to a competitive higher educational policy arena that has not received systematic study." Sheila Slaughter, Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia This fills a gaping hole in research on the politics of higher education. In bringing together research perspectives from governance studies with comparative public policy as well as scholars from Europe and Northern America, this volume will serve as an important reference point for a rapidly growing research field. The exceptionally high quality of editorship is documented by the fact that the chapters are convincingly subsumed under five sub-themes. In short: A must-read for any researcher and student interested in understanding the political foundations of higher education. Marius R. Busemeyer, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz.

Contents:

The politics of higher education policy in Canada, the U.S., and Western Europe : an introduction / Jens Jungblut, Martin Maltais, Erik C. Ness, and Deanna Rexe

The politics of higher education governance reform in Western Europe / Jens Jungblut and Michael Dobbins

Politics of higher education governance reform in the United States / Paul G. Rubin

The politics of higher education governance reforms in Canada / Theresa Shanahan

The politics of higher education governance : comparative perspectives / Glen A. Jones

Politics of higher education funding in (Western) Europe : and beyond / Julian L. Garritzmann

Higher education finance in the United States : sources of funding and impacts of state investments / Sophia Laderman, Kristen Cummings, Jason C. Lee, David Tandberg, and Dustin Weeden

Financing higher education in a federal system : the case of Canada / Dan Lang, Pier-André Bouchard St-Amant, and Martin Maltais

Higher education funding in Canada, the U.S. and Western Europe : a comparison / Ben Jongbloed

Policy framing in higher education in Western Europe : (some) uses and (many) promises / Meng-Hsuan Chou, Mari Elken, and Jens Jungblut

Policy framing in higher education in the United States / Cecilia M. Orphan and Casey McCoy-Simmons

Policy framing in higher education in Canada / Olivier Bégin-Caouette, Michelle Nilson, and Alexandre Beaupré-Lavallée

Policy framing in Canada, the U.S. and Western Europe : a comparison / Bjørn Stensaker

Interest groups and intermediary structures in higher education policy in Western Europe / Martina Vukasovic

Interest groups in higher education in the U.S. / Erik C. Ness and Sean M. Baser

Intermediary organizations and organized interests in higher education policymaking in Canada / Deanna Rexe, Pier-André Bouchard St-Amant, and Martin Maltais

Interest groups and intermediary organizations in higher education policy in Western Europe, United States, and Canada / Jean Bernatchez, Martin Maltais, and Émanuelle Maltais

The Bologna process as a multidimensional architecture of policy diffusion in Western Europe / Michael Dobbins, Kerstin Martens, Dennis Niemann, and Eva Maria Vögtle

Policy diffusion in U.S. higher education / Denisa Gándara and Cameron Woolley

Post-secondary policy innovation in Canada : provincial policy adoptions, 1990-2015 / Deanna Rexe, Kathleen Clarke, and Eric Lavigne

Emerging work on tertiary policy diffusion in Western Europe and North America / James C. Hearn and Ijaz Ahmad

Same same, but different? : comparing the politics of higher education policy in Western Europe, Canada, and the U.S. / Martin Maltais, Jens Jungblut, Erik C. Ness, and Deanna Rexe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed May 18, 2023).

ISBN:

9783031258671

3031258673

OCLC:

1379096753

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.