Reform paradoxes: Academic freedom and governance in Greek and Turkish higher education
Author
Grigoriadis, I. N.
Kamaras, A.
Date
2012Source Title
Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea
Print ISSN
1468-3857
Electronic ISSN
1743-9639
Publisher
Routledge
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
135 - 152
Language
English
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Abstract
This study evaluates the impact of higher education reforms, implemented in the early 1980s in Greece and Turkey, due to preceding student and wider political radicalization, on academic freedom. It highlights a paradox, namely that authoritarian corporatism in Turkey inadvertently facilitated academic freedom in higher education, whereas in Greece participatory majoritarianism ended up stifling academic freedom. Authoritarian corporatism in Turkey mandated the introduction of private universities. These expanded academic freedom within the wider national goal of the country's European Union membership. Participatory majoritarianism in Greece conversely mandated student organisation participation in the governance of Greek higher education. These acquired powerful rent-seeking interests, which have progressively constricted academic freedom. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.