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Partisan Politics in Higher Education Policy

How Does the Left–Right Divide of Political Parties Matter in Higher Education Policy in Western Europe?

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Higher Education in Societies

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Political parties are a key institution in modern democracies. Through representing their electorate they aggregate interests, offer coherent policy packages and when holding government offices are expected to shape policy accordingly (Klingemann, Hofferbert, & Budge, 1994). Thus, the participation of different parties in government can be one reason for policy differences both within and between countries.

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Jungblut, J. (2014). Partisan Politics in Higher Education Policy. In: Goastellec, G., Picard, F. (eds) Higher Education in Societies. Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-746-9_7

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