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Creating a new public university and reviving democracy : action research in higher education / by Morten Levin and Davydd J. Greenwood.

Author/creator Levin, Morten
Other author/creatorGreenwood, Davydd J., author.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info New York : Berghahn, 2016.
Description1 online resource (vi, 220 pages).
Supplemental Content EBSCOhost
Subject(s)
Series Higher education in critical perspective : practices and policies ; volume 2
Contents Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy; Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy -- Action Research in Higher Education -- By Morten Levin and Davydd J. Greenwood; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Figures; Introduction; Part I -- Public Goods, Bildung, Public Universities, and Democracy; Chapter 1- Public Goods, Democracy, and Public Universities; Chapter 2 -- Multiple Models and Meanings of Higher Education; Chapter 3 -- Bildung, Academic Freedom, Academic Integrity, and Democracy; Chapter 4 -- The Work Organization of Universities -- Structures.
Contents Chapter 5 -- The Work Organization of Universities -- Systemic AnalysisPart II -- Universities as Work Organizations: Stakeholders, Structures, Systems, Steering, Leadership, and Anti-Bildung; Chapter 6 -- Processes in the Work Organization of Universities; Chapter 7 -- Leadership and Steering in Public Universities; Part III -- The Road Forward: Action Research for Neue-Bildung in Public Universities; Chapter 8 -- Action Research as a Strategy for Organizational Change; Chapter 9 -- Practicing Action Research in Public Universities.
Contents Conclusion -- What Difference Could Action Research in Public Universities Make?Bibliography; Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Levin, Morten. Creating a new public university and reviving democracy. New York : Berghahn, 2016 9781785333217
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9781785333224 (electronic bk.)
ISBN1785333224 (electronic bk.)

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