7. The humanities and higher education policymaking, 1955–1975

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 7
4. Part one: Theory
5. 1. Introduction to part one 13
6. 2. Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory 23
7. 3. Key concepts in systems theory 27
8. 4. Comparing theories for higher education research 51
9. 5. The use of theory in this study 71
10. Part two: Admissions
11. 6. Introduction to part two 75
12. 7. The humanities and higher education policymaking, 1955–1975 123
13. 8. Stagnation in humanities education, 1975–1987 177
14. 9. The second expansionist period, 1987–2000 191
15. 10. Conclusions to part two 221
16. Part three: Curricula
17. 11. Introduction to part three 231
18. 12. History 273
19. 13. English studies 303
20. 14. General literature studies 331
21. 15. Philosophy 359
22. 16. Conclusions to part three 389
23. Part four: Careers
24. 17. Introduction to part four 407
25. 18. The period 1960–1975: Humanities education as teacher education 429
26. 19. The period 1975–1985: The transformation 449
27. 20. The period 1985–2000: Humanities education and “boundaryless” careers 483
28. 21. Conclusions to part four 507
29. Part five: Conclusions
30. 22. Conclusions to the study 515
31. Afterword, 2000–2018 523
32. Appendices 539
33. References 547