Federalism and the Lander Autonomy: The Higher Education Policy Network in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1948-1998

by Cesare Onestini

Overview

An interesting study of the German higher Education system, examining the development of higher education policies from the post-war years, to the post-unification period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317849551
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/24/2018
Series:	RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Cesare Onestini

Table of Contents

Preface Part I. Federalism and Hochschulpolitik in the FRG Chapter 1. German Federalism: A Policy-Area Approach 1. Federalism in Germany 1.1 Federalism and the Basic Law 1.2 Analyses of German federalism 1.3 German federalism and Europe 2. Intra-Federal Relations 2.1 The Levels of government 2.2 The two  axes of intra-federal relations 2.3 The position of the Lander 3. Understanding German Federalism Through Policy Areas 3.1 Case Study: higher education policy-making 3.2 Does federalism matter? 3.3 Do Lander still matter? Chapter 2. Hochschulpolitik: Definitions and Statistical  Overview 1. Definitions of Hochschulpolitik 1.1 Universities in the German State Tradition 1.2 Higher Education in Germany Today 1.3 Types of higher education institutions 1.4 Hochschulpolitik in the FRG: available accounts 2. Intra-Federal Relations, Policy Networks and Hochschulpolitik 2.1 The higher education policy network Part II. The Higher Education Policy Community 1948-1969 Chapter 3. Lander Control of Higher Education, 1948-1966 1. Hochschulpolitik in the New Federal Republic of Germany 1.1 Kulturpolitik in the post-war years 1.2 The Restoration of higher education: 1945-1949 1.3 Higher Education: 1950-1965 2. The Lander and the Universities 2.1 Lander's Institutional co-operation: the structure of the KMK 2.2 The legal position of the KMK 2.3  Unanimity as a central procedure 2.4 The KMK and Hochschulpolitik 3. Other Institutional Actors 3.1 The Wissenschaftsrat 3.2 The Universities and the Rektorenkonferenz 4. The Emergence of a Higher Education Policy Community? Chapter 4. The Role of the Bund 1966-1969 1. New Challenges, 1966-69 1.1 Student numbers: projections and realities 1.2 The student movements 2. The Bund and  Hochschulpolitik 2.1 The new competance for the Bund 2.2 The new Federal Ministry (BMBW) 2.3 The Bund-Lander Kommission fur Bildungsplanung 2.4 University Construction 2.5 The new framework competence 3. The Erosion of the Policy Community Part III. Segmented Federalism and Hochschulpolitik 1. The Schmidt Government and  the Debate Over the Mangelbericht 2. Higher Education Under the Kohl Government 2.1 Students numbers in the 1980s 2.2 University funding in the 1980s 2.3 Decline in political confrontation 3. Bildung 2000 Chapter 5. Framework Provisions and Admissions Policies 1. Framework Provisions 1.1 The Debate of the Framework Law for Higher Education (HRG) 1.2 Revisions of the HRG 1.3 Latest reform attempts of the HRG 1.4 Policy stages in the formulation of framework provisions 2. Regulating University Entry 2.1 The HRG and University Entry Restrictions 2.2 The KMK and the Lander perspective 2.3 Policy stages in the formulation of admissions policies Chapter