" This book is the final product of a five-year project funded by the European Research
Council (ERC) entitled" Investing in Education in Europe: Attitudes, Politics and …

Populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have become more mainstream, increasing their
relevance in European politics. While a lot is already known about them, there are still gaps …

This thematic issue introduces the multifaceted nature of contemporary public policy–its
multi-level, multi-actor and multi-issue features–using the case of higher education policies …

Higher education policy has become a more salient issue in modern states as universities
are increasingly important for societal and economic development. This leads to an …

Higher education is a mixed blessing: it can promote equality of opportunity, foster edu-
cational and socioeconomic upward mobility, contribute to countries' knowledge production …

This article focuses on the role of political parties for policy making, and it traces the
development from party preferences over coalition positions to policy proposals. The main …

Contrary to the overall tendency to increase student participation in the financing of higher
education, Estonia abolished student tuition fees in 2013. We study the effects of this reform …

Bildungspolitik war lange ein vernachlässigtes Feld der vergleichenden Policy-Forschung.
In den letzten Jahren haben viele neue Forschungsarbeiten begonnen, diese Lücke zu …

Comparative Perspective. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from
the Faculty of Social Sciences 147. 46 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978 …

This study aims to examine the international education (IE) policy-making context in Ontario
for the period from 2005 to mid-2017 while also taking into account the announcement of the …