The autonomy of higher education in Finland and Sweden: global management trends meet national political culture and governance models.

芬兰和瑞典的高等教育自治权：全球管理趋势遇到国家政治文化与治理模式

UNIVERSITY autonomy; PUBLIC administration; CONSTITUTIONAL law; SOCIAL democracy; HELSINGIN yliopisto; HIGHER education

FINLAND; SWEDEN

Due to their common history, Finland and Sweden share many similarities. However, important differences have also developed in constitutional law, political culture and governance models. These differences have affected the implementation of international trends in the governance of higher education in the two countries. Both the Finnish and Swedish governments have strived to give institutions of higher education more formal autonomy through legislative and constitutional measures while increasing the external representations in their governing boards. However, in Finland, strong constitutional safeguards for university autonomy have counteracted the growth of external influence. The differences between the countries in this regard have their roots in political culture. There is a stronger emphasis on the division of power in Finland, as in other states that have experienced periods of political turmoil, while in Sweden, long dominated by strong social democracy, checks and balances have been considered undemocratic obstacles to the will of the people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

因其共同的历史，芬兰和瑞典享有许多相似之处。但在宪法、政治文化和治理模式方面也发展出重要差异。这些差异影响了两国对高等教育治理中国际趋势的实施。芬兰政府和瑞典政府都力图通过立法与宪法途径赋予其各自高等教育机构更多正式自治权，但同时增加大学校务委员会中的外部代表。然而，芬兰宪法对大学自治的有力保障，抵消了外部影响的扩大。两国在这方面差异源于政治文化。与其它历经政治动荡的国家一样，芬兰更加强调分权，而在社会民主主义长期主导的瑞典，权力制衡被认为是对人民意愿的阻碍，是非民主的。 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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