Steering at a distance : a new paradigm of public governance in dutch higher education
By: KICKERT, Walter J. M
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ArticlePublisher: Malden : Wiley-Blackwell, January 1995Governance: An International Journal of Policy and Administration 8, 1, p. 135-157Abstract: In the 1980s a new concept of government steering was developed at the Dutch ministry of Education and Sciences, called "steering at a distance." It is a departure from "classical" government steering by means of legislation, prohibitions and regulations and a move towards more autonomy and self-responsibility for institutions of higher education. This new paradigm of public governance in Dutch higher education represents a drastic change both in a practical sense the new steering concept has actually been carried out and implemented resulting in major institutional, legal, financial and planning changes and in the scientific sense. The new concept departs from hierarchical, direct top-down control. Government is only one of the influencing actors in a complex network of many interrelated, more or less autonomous actors. The new concept contributes to the scientific body of knowledge on steering in complex interorganizational networks.
In the 1980s a new concept of government steering was developed at the Dutch ministry of Education and Sciences, called "steering at a distance." It is a departure from "classical" government steering by means of legislation, prohibitions and regulations and a move towards more autonomy and self-responsibility for institutions of higher education. This new paradigm of public governance in Dutch higher education represents a drastic change both in a practical sense the new steering concept has actually been carried out and implemented resulting in major institutional, legal, financial and planning changes and in the scientific sense. The new concept departs from hierarchical, direct top-down control. Government is only one of the influencing actors in a complex network of many interrelated, more or less autonomous actors. The new concept contributes to the scientific body of knowledge on steering in complex interorganizational networks.
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