1st Edition

The Changing Russian University From State to Market

By Tatiana Maximova-Mentzoni Copyright 2013
208 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

When the Soviet Union collapsed universities were freed from state control and left to themselves. This forced universities to be much more market-oriented. This book explores this transformation from the end of the Soviet Union until the present. Based on extensive original research, the book charts the struggles of universities, showing how chaos and decline came to what had been one of the... Read more
Part 1: Marketization in Focus  1. Russia in Transition - University in Change  2. Marketization: Uncovering the Concept  Part 2: The Russian University and Marketization: Highlighting Key Points  3. Diffusion of Market Ideology and its Impact on the Russian University  4. To Market, to Market!!! - But how???  Part 3: Is 'Ordered' to Survive or the Ways in which a Particular Russian State University Adapts to the Market Conditions  5. Marketization and Missions of BSTU  6. Marketization and University Functioning  7. Marketization and Ideological Change?  8. Yin and Yang of Marketization  Part 4: So what? Novelty in Marketization of the University  9. Lessons to Learn from the Russian Case  10. Marketiation of the Russian University: A Theoretical Explanation  Part 5: Marketization of the Russian University: What is New? What is Next?  11. From State to Market and then Back to State? Recent Trends in the Changing Russian University

Biography

Tatiana Maximova-Mentzoni completed her doctorate in Business Studies at the University of Nordland in Norway and is currently a researcher at the Norwegian Directorate for Integration and Diversity.