Rankings and Global Knowledge Governance Higher Education, Innovation and Competitiveness /

• Main Authors: Erkkilä, Tero (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Piironen, Ossi (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education,
• Subjects: Higher education.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Educational sociology.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Assessment.; Higher Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.

Higher education and innovation policies are today seen as central elements in national economic competitiveness, increasingly measured by global rankings. The book analyses the evolution of indicator-based global knowledge governance, where various national attributes have been evaluated under inte...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Theory: Rankings as Policy Instruments
• Chapter 3. Ideational Background of Global Knowledge Governance
• Chapter 4. Rise of Global Rankings and the Competitive Logic
• Chapter 5. Field Structuration and Fragmentation of Global Rankings
• Chapter 6. From Global to Local: Regional and City-Level Alternatives to Global Rankings
• Chapter 7. Rankings and Global Knowledge Governance.