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In Facing The Question 'who Runs The Universities', The Authors Have Carried Out Over A Period Of Years An Extensive Programme Of Interviews, Both Formal And Informal, As Well As A Detailed Study Of Documents. Their Findings Are Written Up In The Language Of Politics - In Terms Of Power, Authority, Influence, Regulation And Decision Making. The Result Is Thus Of Value Both To Those With A Practical Interest In Universities And To Those With A More Theoretical Interest In Politics Or Organisational Behaviour. Front Cover; Power And Authority In British Universities; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; I. Universities As Political Systems; Ii. The Development Of Modern University Government; The Birth Of The System; The Growth Of Academic Rule 1900-70; Iii. The Contemporary System In Outline; Autonomy; Types Of University; Government In The Unitary Group; Note On Terminology; Iv. Taking Academic Decisions; The Traditional Department And Faculty; School, Board Of Study, And The 'new' Department; Senate; V. Court, Council, And Laymen; Court; Council Note On A Committee At The University Of Birminghamvi. The Vice-chancellor; Vii. The Bureaucracy; Viii. Budgeting And The Allocation Of Resources; Ix. Challenges To Authority; The Student Challenge; The Challenge By Non-professorial Staff; X. What Kind Of Government?; Appendix: The University Of Warwick; Select Bibliography; Index By Graeme C. Moodie And Rowland Eustace. Reprint. Originally Published: Montreal: Mcgill-queen's University Press, 1974. Includes Biblographical References. English