Jon Nixon is Honorary Professor in the Center for Lifelong Learning Research and Development at The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

• Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword (Anne Corbett, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)Introduction: Thinking Within, Against and Beyond Austerity (Jon Nixon, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Part I: Pan-European Perspectives1. Higher Education, Welfare States and Austerity: Pressures on Competing Public Institutions (Marek Kwiek, University of Poznan, Poland)2. Crises, Collisions and Sectoral Defence: The European Governance of Education Policy (Ase Gornitzka, University of Oslo, Norway)3. ‘Calculemus’: Complex Games of Standardization in Higher Education (Paolo Landri, Institute of Research on Population and Social Policies at the National Research Council, Italy, Rosario Lumino, University Federico II, Italy, and Roberto Serpieri, University Federico II, Italy)Part II: Europe from the Inside4. Budgetary Constraints and International Aspirations: Higher Education in Poland (Dorota Dakowska, University of Lyon, France) 5. From Neoliberalism to Austerity: Compounded Inequalities in Croatian Higher Education (Danijela Dolenec, University of Zagreb, Croatia)6. Hollow Enterprise: Austerity Ireland and the Neoliberal University (Marnie Holborow, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland, and John O’Sullivan, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland)7. Reform, Quality and ‘Brain Drain’: The Shadow of Greek Political Turbulence (Daphne Kyriaki-Manessi, Technological Educational Institute of Athens of Athens, Greece)8. Austerity in Disguise: Attempts at Reshaping Lithuanian Higher Education (Almantas Samalavicius, Vilnius Gedimanas Technical University, Lithuania)Part III: Beyond Austerity Europe9. The Politics of Austerity and Entrepreneurialism: Reflections on the Role of the Humanities (Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, and Esko Harni, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland)10. Advocating for Excellence: Stepping Out of the Field of Austerity (Nicole Rege Colet, University of Strasbourg, France)11. Towards a New Epistemic Order: Higher Education after Neoliberalism (Ourania Filippakou, Brunel University, UK)Reflections: From the Outside Looking In (Tanya Fitzgerald, La Trobe University, Australia; Manja Klemencic, Harvard University, USA, and Jae Park, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Index

Higher Education in Austerity Europe is an exceptionally important book. It provides us both with nuanced critical analyses of what is happening in higher education in a time of "austerity" and with paths that might be taken if we are to interrupt these dangerous policies and their effects.

Jon Nixon is Honorary Professor in the Center for Lifelong Learning Research and Development at The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

• Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword (Anne Corbett, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)Introduction: Thinking Within, Against and Beyond Austerity (Jon Nixon, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Part I: Pan-European Perspectives1. Higher Education, Welfare States and Austerity: Pressures on Competing Public Institutions (Marek Kwiek, University of Poznan, Poland)2. Crises, Collisions and Sectoral Defence: The European Governance of Education Policy (Ase Gornitzka, University of Oslo, Norway)3. ‘Calculemus’: Complex Games of Standardization in Higher Education (Paolo Landri, Institute of Research on Population and Social Policies at the National Research Council, Italy, Rosario Lumino, University Federico II, Italy, and Roberto Serpieri, University Federico II, Italy)Part II: Europe from the Inside4. Budgetary Constraints and International Aspirations: Higher Education in Poland (Dorota Dakowska, University of Lyon, France) 5. From Neoliberalism to Austerity: Compounded Inequalities in Croatian Higher Education (Danijela Dolenec, University of Zagreb, Croatia)6. Hollow Enterprise: Austerity Ireland and the Neoliberal University (Marnie Holborow, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland, and John O’Sullivan, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland)7. Reform, Quality and ‘Brain Drain’: The Shadow of Greek Political Turbulence (Daphne Kyriaki-Manessi, Technological Educational Institute of Athens of Athens, Greece)8. Austerity in Disguise: Attempts at Reshaping Lithuanian Higher Education (Almantas Samalavicius, Vilnius Gedimanas Technical University, Lithuania)Part III: Beyond Austerity Europe9. The Politics of Austerity and Entrepreneurialism: Reflections on the Role of the Humanities (Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, and Esko Harni, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland)10. Advocating for Excellence: Stepping Out of the Field of Austerity (Nicole Rege Colet, University of Strasbourg, France)11. Towards a New Epistemic Order: Higher Education after Neoliberalism (Ourania Filippakou, Brunel University, UK)Reflections: From the Outside Looking In (Tanya Fitzgerald, La Trobe University, Australia; Manja Klemencic, Harvard University, USA, and Jae Park, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Index

Higher Education in Austerity Europe is an exceptionally important book. It provides us both with nuanced critical analyses of what is happening in higher education in a time of "austerity" and with paths that might be taken if we are to interrupt these dangerous policies and their effects.

Jon Nixon is Honorary Professor in the Center for Lifelong Learning Research and Development at The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

• Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword (Anne Corbett, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)Introduction: Thinking Within, Against and Beyond Austerity (Jon Nixon, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Part I: Pan-European Perspectives1. Higher Education, Welfare States and Austerity: Pressures on Competing Public Institutions (Marek Kwiek, University of Poznan, Poland)2. Crises, Collisions and Sectoral Defence: The European Governance of Education Policy (Ase Gornitzka, University of Oslo, Norway)3. ‘Calculemus’: Complex Games of Standardization in Higher Education (Paolo Landri, Institute of Research on Population and Social Policies at the National Research Council, Italy, Rosario Lumino, University Federico II, Italy, and Roberto Serpieri, University Federico II, Italy)Part II: Europe from the Inside4. Budgetary Constraints and International Aspirations: Higher Education in Poland (Dorota Dakowska, University of Lyon, France) 5. From Neoliberalism to Austerity: Compounded Inequalities in Croatian Higher Education (Danijela Dolenec, University of Zagreb, Croatia)6. Hollow Enterprise: Austerity Ireland and the Neoliberal University (Marnie Holborow, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland, and John O’Sullivan, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland)7. Reform, Quality and ‘Brain Drain’: The Shadow of Greek Political Turbulence (Daphne Kyriaki-Manessi, Technological Educational Institute of Athens of Athens, Greece)8. Austerity in Disguise: Attempts at Reshaping Lithuanian Higher Education (Almantas Samalavicius, Vilnius Gedimanas Technical University, Lithuania)Part III: Beyond Austerity Europe9. The Politics of Austerity and Entrepreneurialism: Reflections on the Role of the Humanities (Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, and Esko Harni, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland)10. Advocating for Excellence: Stepping Out of the Field of Austerity (Nicole Rege Colet, University of Strasbourg, France)11. Towards a New Epistemic Order: Higher Education after Neoliberalism (Ourania Filippakou, Brunel University, UK)Reflections: From the Outside Looking In (Tanya Fitzgerald, La Trobe University, Australia; Manja Klemencic, Harvard University, USA, and Jae Park, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Index

Higher Education in Austerity Europe is an exceptionally important book. It provides us both with nuanced critical analyses of what is happening in higher education in a time of "austerity" and with paths that might be taken if we are to interrupt these dangerous policies and their effects.