University reforms in Denmark and the challenges for political science

TY - JOUR

T1 - University reforms in Denmark and the challenges for political science

AU - Hansen, Hanne Foss

N1 - published online 24 December 2010

PY - 2011/6

Y1 - 2011/6

N2 - This article analyses the content and processes of reforms in the university sector in Denmark. It reveals radical reforms combining governance reforms, research policy reforms and educational policy reforms anchored in New Public Management ideas. The reforms introduce values that are alien to prevailing university values. They change decision-making processes and may have problematic constitutive effects on academic practice. The challenge to political science lies in the difficulty of documenting accountability, while still meeting the demand for economic value.

AB - This article analyses the content and processes of reforms in the university sector in Denmark. It reveals radical reforms combining governance reforms, research policy reforms and educational policy reforms anchored in New Public Management ideas. The reforms introduce values that are alien to prevailing university values. They change decision-making processes and may have problematic constitutive effects on academic practice. The challenge to political science lies in the difficulty of documenting accountability, while still meeting the demand for economic value.

U2 - 10.1057/eps.2010.21

DO - 10.1057/eps.2010.21

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1680-4333

SP - 235

EP - 247

JO - European Political Science

JF - European Political Science

IS - 10

ER -