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The discipline of public administration and public policy is experiencing a renaissance of research in which explicit attention is paid to political insti­ tutions. This renewed interest in institutions is not simply an extension of the 'classical' paradigm in the study of public administration, which peaked in the 1920s and 1930s, but offers a new orientation on political institutions. While 'classical' institutionalism is known for its focus on the formal stroctures of the executive branch of government, the 'new' institutionalism concentrates on the interaction between political institutions and the behavior of policy makers. This interaction, which until recently was largely neglected in public administration and public policy, forms the basic theme of this volume. To advance the study of political institutions, two rather basic problems need to be addressed: What are institutions and what are adequate ways to analyze them? We briefty discuss both questions, which determine the strocture of this book.

Government --- Public administration --- European Union --- #SBIB:327.7H220 --- #SBIB:324H40 --- #SBIB:35H006 --- #SBIB:044.AANKOOP --- Europese Unie: instellingen en besluitvorming --- Politieke structuren: algemeen --- Bestuurswetenschappen: theorieën --- Political planning --- Public institutions --- Decision making. --- Decision making --- Government institutions --- Institutions, Public --- Institutions, State --- State institutions --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Planning in politics --- Public policy --- Planning --- Policy sciences --- Politics, Practical --- European Union. --- E.U. --- Europe [Western ] --- Union européenne --- Political planning - Europe, Western. --- Public institutions - Europe, Western - Decision making. --- Political science. --- Economic policy. --- Political Science. --- Economic Policy. --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- National security --- Social policy --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The

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During the last decades ranking has become one of the most controversial issues in higher education and research. It is widely recognized now that, although some of the current rankings can be severely criticized, they seem to be here to stay. In addition, rankings appear to have a great impact on decision-makers at all levels of higher education and research systems worldwide, including in universities. Rankings reflect a growing international competition among universities for talent and resources; at the same time they reinforce competition by their very results.  Yet major concerns remain as to the rankings' methodological underpinnings and to their various impacts. This new book presents a comprehensive overview of the current ‘state of the art’ of ranking in higher education and research, and introduces a completely new approach called ‘multidimensional ranking’. In part 1 rankings are discussed in the broader context of quality assurance and transparency in higher education and research. In addition the many current ranking methodologies are analyzed and criticized, and their impacts are explored. In part 2 a new approach to ranking is introduced, based on the basic idea that higher education and research institutions have different profiles and missions and that the performances of these institutions should reflect these differences. This multidimensional approach is operationalized in a new multidimensional and user-driven ranking tool, called U-Multirank. U-Multirank is the outcome of a pilot  project, sponsored by the European Commission, in which the new ranking instrument was designed and tested at a global scale.

Mathematical analysis -- Problems, exercises, etc. --- Mathematical analysis. --- Mathematics. --- Universities and colleges --- Education, Higher --- Social Sciences --- Education --- Psychology --- Theory & Practice of Education --- Ratings and rankings --- Methodology --- Evaluation --- Research --- Multidimensional scaling. --- Education. --- Educational policy. --- ducation and state. --- Higher education. --- Higher Education. --- Educational Policy and Politics. --- Psychometrics --- Scaling (Social sciences) --- Education, Higher. --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Education and state. --- Education policy --- Educational policy --- State and education --- Social policy --- Endowment of research --- Government policy

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