The University and the State. A Study into Global Transformations.

Autor/in	Kwiek, Marek
Titel	The University and the State. A Study into Global Transformations.
Quelle	Frankfurt, Main u.a.: Lang (2006), 424 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Dia-Logos. Schriften zu Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften. 7
Beigaben	Literaturangaben S. 373-417
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	3-631-54977-6
Schlagwörter	Wissensgesellschaft; Informationsgesellschaft; Gegenwart; Staat; Globalisierung; Wirtschaft; Freiheit von Forschung und Lehre; Hochschulreform; Hochschule; Ausland; Deutschland; Europa
Abstract	This book argues that the current renegotiation of the postwar social contract concerning the welfare state in Europe is being accompanied by the renegotiation of a smaller-scale modern social pact between the university and the nation-state. Current transformations to the state under the pressures of globalization will not leave the university unaffected, and consequently it is useful to discuss the university and its future in the context of the state. In the new global order, against the odds, universities are striving to maintain their pivotal role in society. Their role as engines of economic growth and contributors to economic competitiveness between increasingly knowledge-driven economies is being widely acknowledged. But it is a radical reformulation of their traditional social roles. The main reasons for current transformations of the university include globalization pressures on nation-states and their public services, the end of the "Golden age" of the Keynesian welfare state, and the emergence of knowledge-based societies and knowledge-driven economies. Therefore the university can no longer be discussed solely in traditional, relatively self-contained disciplinary contexts. Contents: The University in a Global Age. - 1. The University Between the State and the Market. - 2. The Idea of the University Revisited (the German Context). - 3. The University and the Nation-State: the Impact of Global Pressures - 4. The University and the Welfare State. - 5. Globalization, the Welfare State, and the Future of Democracy. - 6. The University and the New European Educational and Research Policies. (HoF/text adopted).
Erfasst von	Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Bonn; Institut für Hochschulforschung (HoF) an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Update	2007/2