Managing Universities

Part I. Theory and Approach

1. Setting the Stage—Theory and Research Questions
Ivar Bleiklie, Jürgen Enders, Benedetto Lepori

2. A Sociological Experiment on Methodological Design—Strengths and Limits of a Pragmatist Approach to Research Methods in the TRUE Project
Benedetto Lepori

Part II. Modern Universities as Organizations

3. Working in the Shadow of Hierarchy: Organisational Autonomy and Venues of External Influence in European Universities
Harry Boer, Jürgen Enders

4. Budgeting Practices in European Universities
Marco Seeber, Benedetto Lepori

5. The Transformative Power of Evaluation on University Governance
Emanuela Reale, Giulio Marini

6. University Governance—Organisational Centralisation and Engagement in European Universities
Ivar Bleiklie, Svein Michelsen, Georg Krücken, Nicoline Frølich

7. Understanding Strategy Practices in Universities
Nicoline Frølich, Bjørn Stensaker, Jeroen Huisman

Part III. Higher Education Politics and Policies

8. Four ‘I’s Configuring European Higher Education Governance
Amélia Veiga, António Magalhães

9. Political-Administrative Structures and University Policies
Ivar Bleiklie, Svein Michelsen

10. Actor Constellations and Policy Making
Ivar Bleiklie, Svein Michelsen, Mary Henkel, Emanuela Reale

11. Policy Instruments in European Universities: Implementation of Higher Education Policies
Gigliola Mathisen Nyhagen, Ivar Bleiklie, Kristin Hope

Part IV. Conclusion

12. Organizational Configuration

s of Modern Universities, Institutional Logics and Public Policies—Towards an Integrative Framework
Ivar Bleiklie, Jürgen Enders, Benedetto Lepori

Keywords: Education, Higher Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Educational Policy and Politics, Organization, Public Policy