Download or read book The Evaluative State, Institutional Autonomy and Re-engineering Higher Education in Western Europe written by G. Neave and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering book examines how policies to raise efficiency and performance in Europe's universities have profoundly altered ties between government, society and higher education, outlining how Evaluation Agencies have urged Europe's universities to meet the challenge of modernization.