HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE NATION-STATE: GLOBAL PRESSURES ON EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

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2008

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The two dimensions of the state in transition under the influence of globalization are changes in the welfare state and changes in the nation-state. And both dimensions of the state are closely linked to higher education, especially to its elite segment, the institution of the university: which — in Europe — has been mostly state-funded as part of the well-developed postwar Keynesian welfare state apparatus, and which has been closely related to the modern construct of the nation-state. We are developing here the theme of the modern contract between the nation-state and the university and trying to see how the processes of globalization — via affecting the state — affect the public sector in general, and public universities in particular. Global pressures on both institutions are discussed, following a historical detour showing the modern link between them. The discussion of the global transformations of the public sector is then followed by tentative conclusions.

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higher education, modern university, welfare state, nation-state, national state, globalization, globalization and higher education, globalization and welfare state, globalization and public sector, public sector reforms, public services, funding, European universities, Keynesian welfare state, modern institution

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International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 45. No. 1 (2008), pp. 109-128.

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Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Biblioteka Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego