Michael Dobbins <br/><br/>
Convergent or divergent Europeanization? An analysis of higher education governance reforms in France and Italy 

 -  2017 
 - p.177-199. 
 - Mar 
<br/><br/> This article comparatively examines the higher education reform pathways of France and Italy. Using a scheme of empirical indicators, I focus on the divergent and convergent developments in these two countries, which played a pioneering role in the Europeanization of higher education. While France has consistently moved closer to a market-oriented model, legacies of academic self-rule were initially strengthened in Italy, before recent reforms aimed to crack down on academic power abuses. To explain these policy pathways, I pursue a dual theoretical argument by linking institutional isomorphism with historical institutionalism. - Reproduced.     
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>European Union<br/>Higher education<br/>Educational reform