Creating a new public university and reviving democracy : action research in higher education /

Levin, Morten.

Creating a new public university and reviving democracy : action research in higher education / by Morten Levin and Davydd J. Greenwood. - New York : Berghahn, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (vi, 220 pages). - Higher education in critical perspective : practices and policies ; volume 2 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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. 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. Conclusion -- What Difference Could Action Research in Public Universities Make?Bibliography; Index.



9781785333224


Public universities and colleges.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Democracy and education.
Action research in education.


Electronic Books.

LB2328 / .C743 2017