From bureaucratic centralism to self‐regulation
The reform of higher education in Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6405656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leonardo Sánchez-Ferrer (0000-0002-4727-0804, Fundación Juan March, corresponding author), Leonardo Sanchez‐ferrer |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 164-184 |
| Publication date | 1997-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402389708425209 |
| OpenAlex | W2063191769 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 8 |
Theories of self‐regulation in higher education claim that autonomous institutions are better able to fulfil their educational and scientific goals. The reforms initiated in Spain in thel970s and which finally crystallised in the Ley de Reforma Universitaria (University Reform Act) in 1983 have taken this path, granting autonomy to the universities and acknowledging that the policy network has been enlarged through the incorporation of new actors (students, junior lecturers, regional political elites), and that this is no longer the exclusive domain of the university professors. However, this article argues that the reforms have not had the expected results insofar as quality is concerned: deregulation has been introduced without establishing the conditions for the institutions to become fully responsible for their decisions, so encouraging the persistence of self‐interested and often anti‐scientific attitudes among many academics
Bureaucracy · Centralized government · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Educational Practices and Policies · Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation · Law · Public Administration · Social Sciences and Policies
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |