E. Voegtle, Kenneth A. Loparo

Higher Education Policy Convergence and the Bologna Process

A Cross-National Study

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Produktbeschreibung

What are the principal drivers of recent higher education reforms? This study investigates whether the soft governance mechanism of transnational communication has evoked cross-national policy harmonization. Results suggest that the Bologna Process has triggered substantial policy harmonization beyond general policy convergence.

Produktdetails

• Transformations of the State
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-48971-8
• 1st ed. 2014
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781349489718
• ISBN-10: 1349489719
• Artikelnr.: 45080766

Autorenporträt

Eva Maria Vögtle is a Researcher at the German Centre for Higher Education and Science Research (DZHW), Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Bologna Process: Emergence, Goals and Developments 3. Policy Diffusion, Transfer and Convergence 4. Theoretical Framework 5. Research Design 6. Descriptive Analyses of the Dependent Variables 7. Analysis of Causal and Conditioning Factors 8. Conclusion