. . "Lambert Academic Publishing" . . "RIV/00216208:11230/11:10100370!RIV12-MSM-11230___" . . . . "Quality assurance has been a long-standing concern for research in higher education. However, empirically substantiated analyses of higher education quality assurance policies, drawing on public policy implementation theory, have been rather sparse. Aiming at reducing such scarcity, the book analyses the implementation of Czech system-level policy on higher education quality assurance from 1990 until 2010. By application of the instrumental approach to policy implementation, attention is paid to the rationale, functioning, and effects of several instruments in combination - the point often missed in policy implementation literature. More specifically, the enquiry undertaken in the book identifies the stick-carrot-sermon instrument set-up as a distinct implementation style. Due to the recognition of a number of shortcomings of the policy in question, the book is of interest for a broad range of higher education stakeholders, including researchers, managers, administrators, and decision-makers."@en . . "A Long Night's Journey into the Day : Implementation of Czech Policy on Higher Education Quality Assurance"@en . . "Kohoutek, Jan" . "288"^^ . "A Long Night's Journey into the Day : Implementation of Czech Policy on Higher Education Quality Assurance" . . "1"^^ . "11230" . "S" . "A Long Night's Journey into the Day : Implementation of Czech Policy on Higher Education Quality Assurance" . . "Quality assurance has been a long-standing concern for research in higher education. However, empirically substantiated analyses of higher education quality assurance policies, drawing on public policy implementation theory, have been rather sparse. Aiming at reducing such scarcity, the book analyses the implementation of Czech system-level policy on higher education quality assurance from 1990 until 2010. By application of the instrumental approach to policy implementation, attention is paid to the rationale, functioning, and effects of several instruments in combination - the point often missed in policy implementation literature. More specifically, the enquiry undertaken in the book identifies the stick-carrot-sermon instrument set-up as a distinct implementation style. Due to the recognition of a number of shortcomings of the policy in question, the book is of interest for a broad range of higher education stakeholders, including researchers, managers, administrators, and decision-makers." . "Saarbr\u00FCcken" . . . . "1"^^ . "Neuveden" . . "A Long Night's Journey into the Day : Implementation of Czech Policy on Higher Education Quality Assurance"@en . "RIV/00216208:11230/11:10100370" . "quality assurance; policy implementation; policy instruments; Higher education"@en . "978-3-8465-3979-8" . . . "A Long Night's Journey into the Day : Implementation of Czech Policy on Higher Education Quality Assurance" . "288"^^ . "183863" . "[9038B0260056]" .