Modelling the Collapsing University
Although university’s contribution to the democratic society has been studied adequately, the establishment of its internal democratic institutions has not. Issues of autonomy and accountability exist whereas, today’s Postmodernism introduces further uncertainty. After constructing a framewor...
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Although university’s contribution to the democratic society has been studied adequately, the establishment of its internal democratic institutions has not. Issues of autonomy and accountability exist whereas, today’s Postmodernism introduces further uncertainty. After constructing a framework for measuring democracy within a university using democracy indicators selected from international organizations, we attempt to interrelate these indicators to its democratic characteristics, raising the question: “To what extent could these characteristics be eroded before the university collapses?” Interviews with European academics were conducted and the influence of forces external to the university were studied using the Central European University in Hungary as a case study. The findings show that increased state control undermines institutional autonomy and so does imposing unnecessary restrictions. Protecting democracy and academic freedom, civil rights, and supporting an open society are of paramount importance, otherwise the university collapses. A model that captures such catastrophic state changes is finally proposed.
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b96e11badcb470d903dba6a4511e58c2023-10-06T09:46:54ZengInternational Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)Politikon2414-66332022-06-015310.22151/politikon.53.1Modelling the Collapsing UniversityVaia Papanikolaou0Yiannis Roussakis1Panagiotis Tzionas2University of ThessalyNational and Kapodistrian University of AthensInternational Hellenic University Although university’s contribution to the democratic society has been studied adequately, the establishment of its internal democratic institutions has not. Issues of autonomy and accountability exist whereas, today’s Postmodernism introduces further uncertainty. After constructing a framework for measuring democracy within a university using democracy indicators selected from international organizations, we attempt to interrelate these indicators to its democratic characteristics, raising the question: “To what extent could these characteristics be eroded before the university collapses?” Interviews with European academics were conducted and the influence of forces external to the university were studied using the Central European University in Hungary as a case study. The findings show that increased state control undermines institutional autonomy and so does imposing unnecessary restrictions. Protecting democracy and academic freedom, civil rights, and supporting an open society are of paramount importance, otherwise the university collapses. A model that captures such catastrophic state changes is finally proposed. https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/380Democratic UniversityCivil SocietyCollapseCrisisGovernance |
| spellingShingle | Vaia Papanikolaou Yiannis Roussakis Panagiotis Tzionas Modelling the Collapsing University Politikon Democratic University Civil Society Collapse Crisis Governance |
| title | Modelling the Collapsing University |
| title_full | Modelling the Collapsing University |
| title_fullStr | Modelling the Collapsing University |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling the Collapsing University |
| title_short | Modelling the Collapsing University |
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| topic | Democratic University Civil Society Collapse Crisis Governance |
| url | https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/380 |
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