Elke Weyer sheds light on the question why, after more than three decades of higher education reforms in some countries, it is still not clear whether the reforms have achieved their stated goals, i.e., to create autonomous universities that meet political expectations. By back-casting real-life decision-making processes, the author reconstructs how different types of actors influenced the academic governance of higher education institutions in the context of these reforms. This approach highlights how numerous changes in governance and organisation affect the relationships between actors and how they promote their interests.

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Wissenschaftsrat , Köln, Germany

Elke Weyer

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Elke Weyer works at the head office of the German Council of Science and Humanities, Cologne, Germany.

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Book Title: From Loose to Tight Management
Book Subtitle: Seeking Evidence of Archetype Change in Dutch and English Higher Education
Authors: Elke Weyer
Series Title: Organization & Public Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19749-0
Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-19748-3Published: 20 October 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-19749-0Published: 10 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2626-1545
Series E-ISSN: 2626-1553
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 305
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations
Topics: Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Science and Technology Studies

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