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Universities as Political Institutions: Higher Education Institutions in the Middle of Academic, Economic and Social Pressures

Universities as Political Institutions: Higher Education Institutions in the Middle of Academic, Economic and Social Pressures

Weimer, Leasa
Nokkala, Terhi

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General Education

ISBN10: 9004422579
ISBN13: 9789004422575
Publisher: Brill
Published: Apr 9 2020
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.48
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Universities can be viewed and studied as political institutions, especially considering that they sit at the crossroads of social, cultural, and economic pressures. The internal and external environment of higher education brings with it multiple and complex relationships as well as power struggles. Within these contested political spaces, there are phenomena to be studied.

While the field of higher education draws from a multitude of disciplines, some scholars argue that only recently has scholarship focused on the political perspectives of higher education. To better understand the politics and policies of higher education, Universities as Political Institutions illuminates a variety of ways that researchers view and study universities as a political institution, from considering the national and international political pressures shaping higher education to the analysis of responses and political action from within the ivory tower.

The 2017 annual CHER conference in Jyväskylä (Finland) brought together 213 scholars from 30 countries. This book includes a selection of papers and keynote presentations from this conference. The thematic approach of the book reflects the 2017 conference theme: Universities as Political Institutions - Higher Education Institutions in the Middle of Academic, Economic, and Social Pressures. The theme focused on multiple and often complex relations and relationships, internal and external, to higher education institutions. In this context, political refers not only to definitions, uses, and users of power but more broadly to a variety of relationships among different actors and agencies responsible for making, executing, or resisting decisions concerning higher education institutions.

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