GUY NEAVE is Professor of Comparative Higher Education Policy Studies at the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies of Twente University, The Netherlands, and Director of Research at the International Association of Universities, Paris, France. Prior to returning to France in 1990, he was the Professor of Comparative Education at the University of London Institute of Education, UK. Guy Neave has written extensively on higher education policy in Western Europe. KJELL BL CKERT is Research Secretary at The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. With an earned doctorate in Church Histo

"A truly outstanding collection of scholarly essays!" - Glen A. Jones, Professor of Higher Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto

• Preface; D.Brändström Creative Intellectual Destruction or Destructive Political Creativity?; T.Nybom The Byzantine University: a Misnomer; J.Herrin University as Utopia; S.Rothblatt Universities, Research and Politics in Sweden; I.Jonsson Universities, Research and Politics in a Historical Perspective; T.Frängsmyr On Time and Fragmentation: Sundry Observations on Research, the University and Politics from a Waveringly Comparative Perspective; G.Neave The R & D Production Model: A Brueg(h)elesque Alternative; S.Lindqvist A Joyful Good-bye to Wilhelm von Humboldt: The German University and the Humboldtian Ideals of 'Einsamkeit und Freiheit.'; B.Henningsen The Legacy of Wilhelm von Humboldt and the Future of the European University; B.Wittrock The Research Revolution and its Impact on the European University; P.Scott Coping with Change? European Universities and the Revolution in Research Funding after 1980; W.Krull The Revolution in Research Funding in Sweden after 1980; M.LeijonhufvudContrasting Different Modes: A More Fruitful Way of Tackling the Issue than 'European' or 'American' Models of Research University; S.Gustavsson Has the Research University in Europe a Future?; U.Teichler Conclusions and Reflections; S.Strömholm