Assuming a comparative stance and drawing on rich empirical material, this book represents a major contribution to the knowledge on higher education governance in Europe.

António M. Magalhães, Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto and Director of the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal

If you want to know whether common problems and challenges faced by higher education systems in different European countries lead to similar solutions, urgently read this book. It will help you to understand why and how apparent convergences in discourses hide increasing divergences at the level of national policymaking and university governance.

Christine Musselin, Sciences Po, CSO, CNRS, France

An excellent account of current developments in European higher education. The authors' international experience assures breadth of knowledge and balanced judgement. Wide-ranging interviews impart freshness, immediacy and humanity to their analysis. A book to savour and enjoy.

Rosalind Pritchard, Ulster University, UK

A well-written academic achievement demonstrating how comparative case studies leads to new insights about current developments in European higher education.

Bjørn Stensaker, University of Oslo, Norway

The growing diversification in applying the NPM model among the higher education systems of continental Europe and in particular with reference to the UK is described with special accuracy thanks in particular to a wide field - research which allows it to bring out the different pressures of nation-states on universities.

Roberto Moscati, Former Full Professor of Sociology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy