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Towards a European Quality Assurance System

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Effects of Higher Education Reforms

Part of the book series: Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series ((CHER,volume 4))

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This chapter aims to contribute to an increased understanding of how transnational or European policies and policy instruments are shaped and organised. It focuses on the role and meaning of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating at the European level in such processes and how they interrelate with other policy actors in relational network structures spanning organisational boundaries. Furthermore, this chapter is linked to a research agenda calling attention to the striking spread of soft rules such as policies, recommendations, guidelines, comparisons, and evaluations beyond the national level of contemporary society (Djelic & Sahlin-Andersson, 2006; Mörth, 2006).

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  1. Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden

    Tina Hedmo

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  1. University of Oslo, Norway

    Martina Vukasović

  2. University of Oslo, Norway

    Peter Maassen

  3. University of Oslo, Norway

    Monika Nerland

  4. University of Oslo, Norway

    Bjørn Stensaker

  5. Centre for Advanced Studies in Regional Innovation Systems, University of Oslo & Agderforskning, Norway

    Rómulo Pinheiro

  6. Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Oslo, Norway

    Agnete Vabø

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Hedmo, T. (2012). Towards a European Quality Assurance System. In: Vukasović, M., Maassen, P., Nerland, M., Stensaker, B., Pinheiro, R., Vabø, A. (eds) Effects of Higher Education Reforms. Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series, vol 4. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-016-3_10

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