Edited and with an Introduction by John Dreijmanis

The editor, John Dreijmanis, is a political scientist with extensive teaching, research and administrative experience at numerous Canadian, American, British, South African, Polish, German and Chinese universities. Most recently he taught political science at the University of Bremen.Prof. Dreijmanis has published widely on the socio-economic and political changes in Central and Eastern Europe and South Africa, as well as on higher education policy and the labor market for educated people, including academics. His books include The Role of the South African Government in Tertiary Education (Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1988) and Government Coalitions in Western Democracies (co-editor and co-author) (New York and London: Longman, 1982). He has also published in Parliamentary Affairs, Government and Opposition, Il Politico, Higher Education Review and other journals.