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Policy preferences and governance of the Higher Education System: a discourse analysis of four regional cases (Andalucía, Catalonia, Galicia, and Madrid)

Publicated to:GESTIÓN Y ANÁLISIS DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS. (35): 70 - 86 - 2024-01-01 (35), DOI:

Authors: Alberto Márquez Carrascal

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Abstract

Public policies can be interpreted as the result of government decision-making, which is built on preferences expressed in parliament through political discourses. Objectives: to identify which are the preferences and objectives introduced in the agenda of the regional governments in order to deepen the role they play within the governance of the Higher Education System (SES). Methodology: through documentary analysis of the investiture discourses of four Spanish regional cases (Andalusia, Catalonia, Galicia, and Madrid), governmental preferences in Higher Education (HE) and Research and Development (R&D) between 1980 and 2021 are identified. It also describes territorial diversity and change in HES governance over time. Results: territorial variations in HES governance have been identified, as well as differences in the connection between HE and R&D issues. Conclusions: HES governance has moved towards self-regulation and state supervision, although this trend is far from being general, given that differentiated strategies are established at the regional level, some of them compatible with traditional forms of rational planning and control of the HES.

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