Full Description
Higher Education in Federal Countries: A Comparative Study is a unique study of higher education in nine federal countries—the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, China and India. In this book, leading international scholars discuss the role of federalism and how it shapes higher education in major nation-state actors on the world stage. The editors develop an overarching comparative analysis of the dynamics of central and regional power in higher education, and the national case studies explain how each federal and federal-like higher education system has evolved and how it functions in what are highly varied contexts.
The book makes a major contribution to higher education studies and defines a new field of comparative analysis. It also provides important insights into comparative governance and the study of federalism and federal arrangements, with their particular historical, political, legal and economic dimensions.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Higher Education in Federal Countries - Simon Marginson and Martin Carnoy
The United States of America: Changes and Challenges in a Highly Decentralized System Anthony - Lising Antonio, Martin Carnoy and C Rose Nelson
Canada: Provincial Responsibility, Federal Influence, and the Challenge of Coordination - Glen A Jones and Christian Noumi
Australia: Benefits and Limits of the Centralized Approach - Simon Marginson
Germany: Continuous Inter-governmental Negotiations - Ulrich Teichler
Brazil: Problematics of the Tri-partite Federal Framework - Robert Evan Verhine and Lys M V Dantas
India: The Unfulfilled Need for Cooperative Federalism - Jandhyala B. G. Tilak
Mexico: Dilemmas of Federalism in a Highly Politicized and Semi-decentralized System - Imanol Ordorika, Roberto Rodríguez-Gómez and Marion Lloyd
The Russian Federation: Pragmatic Centralism in a Large and Heterogeneous Country - Isak Froumin and Oleg Leshukov
China: The 'Commanding Heights' Strategy Revisited - Rong Wang and Po Yang
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