Series Editor’s ForewordIntroduction1. The State and the Institutions2. Institutional Diversification, Regional Disparities and System Management3. The ‘Modernisation’ of Institutional Governance4. The Changing Participation of the Main Actors in the Governance of European Universities5. The Changing Idea and Role of Universities in Europe6. Convergence and Divergence in the Developing Governance of European Higher EducationReferencesWorks CitedIndex

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