LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF CHINESE CONCEPTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHAPTER ONE　INTRODUCTION
　1.1 Background
　1.2 Research question and aims
　1.3 Definition of terms
　1.4 Research design
　1.5 Significance of the study
　1.6 Researcher identity
　1.7 Structure of thesis
　1.8 Chapter summary
CHAPTER TWO　HISTORICAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXT OF HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM IN CHINA
　2.1 Introduction
　2.2 Higher education in China: A historical review
　　2.2.1 Higher education in China: Before 1949
　　2.2.2 Higher education in China: 1949--1916
　　2.2.3 Higher education in China: 1977--1991
　　2.2.4 Higher education in China: Since 1992
　　2.2.5 Summary
　2.3 Globalisation and higher education
　　2.3.1 Globalisation
　　2.3.1.1 Three major debates
　　2.3.1.2 The dimensions of globalisation
　　2.3.1.3 International organisations
　　2.3.2 Restructuring of the higher education sector: A global trend
　2.4 Emergence of the enterprise university
　　2.4.1 Neoliberal policy and the enterprise university
　　2.4.2 The knowledge economy and the enterprise university
　　2.4.3 Academic cultures and the enterprise university
　　2.4.4 Technological developments and the enterprise university
　2.5 Chapter summary
CHAPTER THREE　THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
　3.1 Introduction
　3.2 Social imaginaries
　　3.2.1 Castoriadis and studies of social imaginary
　　3.2.2 Recent studies using social imaginary
　3.3 Governmentality
　　3.3.1 Significance of governmentality
　　3.3.1.1 Foucault and governmentality
　　3.3.1.2 Miller and Rose on governmentality
　　3.3.1.3 Applications of governmentality in Western contexts
　　3.3.1.4 Recent development of governmentality studies
　　3.3.2 Key concepts: Power, government, subjectivity and space
　　3.3.2.1 Power
　　3.3.2.2 Government
　　3.3.2.3 Subjectivity
　　3.3.2.4 Space
　　3.3.3 Governmentality and social imaginary
　　3.3.4 Applications of governmentality in the context of China
　3.4 Chapter summary
CHAPTER FOUR　METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH DESIGN
　4.1 Introduction
　4.2 Genealogy
　4.3 Critical policy analysis
　4.4 Components of the study
　　4.4.1 Constituting the global imaginary of the enterprise university
　　4.4.2 Investigating the national imaginary of contemporary Chinese universities
　　4.4.3 Constituting the imaginaries of contemporary Chinese universities
　4.5 Chapter summary
CHAPTER FIVE　GOVERNMENTAL RATIONALITIES OF HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY IN CHINA
　5.1 Introduction
　5.2 The Decision on the Reform of China 's Educational Structure(1985) : Initiator of higher education reform
　　5.2.1 Policy context
　　5.2.2 Rationalities of the 1985 Decision
　　5.2.3 Technologies of the 1985 Decision
　5.3 Governmental rationalities of China's higher education policy (1992--2010)
　　5.3.1 Knowledge of the objects of government
　　5.3.1.1 International competition
　　5.3.1.2 The introduction of the socialist market economy
　　5.3.1.3 Knowledge economy
　　5.3.1.4 Human capital
　　5.3.1.5 A xiaokang society
　　5.3.2 Morality of authorities
　　5.3.2.1 Morality of the CCP Committee
　　5.3.2.2 Morality of the government
　　5.3.2.3 Morality of the Ministry of Education
　　5.3.3 Language of representation
　　5.3.3.1 Discourses of globalisation
　　5.3.3.2 Socialist discourses
　 5.4 Chapter summary
CHAPTER SIX　GOVERNMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES OF HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY IN CHINA
　 6.1 Introduction
　 6.2 Mechanisms and strategies
　　 6.2.1 Macro-regulation of the government
　　 6.2.1.1 Reform of administration and transformation of government functions
　　 6.2.1.2 Appropriation of funds and legislation
　　 6.2.1.3 Diversified provision of higher education
　　 6.2.1.4 Supervision
　　 6.2.1.5 Educational equity and justice
　　 6.2.1.6 Tracking and monitoring the policy implementation process
　　6.2.2 Measures of university self-development
　　 6.2.2.1 Independent fund-raising by the university
　　 6.2.2.2 Quality and efficiency: Competitiveness and prestige
　　 6.2.2.3 Rencai selection, cultivation and distribution
　　 6.2.2.4 Construction of university infrastructure
　　 6.2.2.5 Moral education
　6.3 Subjectivities and spaces
　　6.3.1 Autonomous and entrepreneurial subjects
　　6.3.2 Obedient subjects
　　6.3.3 New discursive and physical spaces
　6.4 Chapter summary
CHAPTER SEVEN　CONCLUSION
　7.1 Introduction
　7.2 The practice of critique
　7.3 Global imaginary of the enterprise university
　7.4 Critical analysis of China's higher education policy at a national level
　7.5 Significance and implications
　7.6 Limitations of the study
　7.7 Suggestions for further research
　7.8 Concluding remarks
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APPENDIX　LANGUAGE TRANSLATION PROCESS AND SAMPLE