Neoliberale Reformer wollen den Staat im Hochschulwesen zurückdrängen. Lehrende und Lernende sollen zu Marktteilnehmern werden, die Fachschulung wird zur Dienstleistung. Allerdings: Wenn die bürgerrechtliche Ordnung an Wirksamkeit gewinnt, kann trotz marktwirtschaftlicher Zwänge auch die...

Resource efficiency and economic considerations are a major topic in higher education systems. Universities are urged to improve their outputs as well as their processes. This book provides a multi-perspective collection of research approaches regarding university efficiency. Though based in...

Overview / Christophe Bellmann and Jonathan Hepburn -- The historical context of the green box / Néstor Stancanelli -- Doha Round negotiations on the green box and beyond / Jonathan Hepburn and Christophe Bellmann -- The reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy / Alan Swinbank -- Farm...

Climate change is one of the key challenges facing the international community. The world’s industrial countries and those with economies in transition have, under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, collectively agreed sharp limitations of their greenhouse gas emissions. Innovative provisions in this...