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This chapter examines how higher education systems are currently being influenced by the ideas of new public management. With the aid of a systematic literature review, it maps the use of post-new public management governance concepts in the higher education context, including network governance and the neo-Weberian state.
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Kanniainen, JP., Pekkola, E., Kivistö, J. (2021). Emerging Ideas of ‘New Governance’ in Higher Education. In: Branch, J.D., Christiansen, B. (eds) The Marketisation of Higher Education. Marketing and Communication in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67441-0_3
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