European Cooperation in Higher Education : Shaping the Future of Europe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kushnir, Iryna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Europe.

Education, Higher.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leeds : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.

Summary:

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Iryna Kushnir examines the perspectives from the four founding higher education stakeholders of the The European Higher Education Area through the lens of rationale-choice neoinstitutionalist view of Europeanisation.

Contents:

Cover

European Cooperation in Higher Education

European Cooperation in Higher Education: Shaping the Future of Europe

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Vignettes

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

About the Author

About the Contributor

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

Abstract

1.1 Background and Relevance: Europe, its Higher Education and the European Higher Education Area

1.2 The Focus and Originality of This Book

1.3 A Note on the Memberships of the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy in the European Higher Education Area

1.4 Methodological Considerations

1.5 Book Structure

References

2. The Neo-Institutionalist Approach

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Locating Institutionalist Approaches

2.3 Old Institutionalism and New Institutionalism

2.4 Four Strands of New Institutionalism

2.4.1 The Historical Strand

2.4.2 The Sociological Strand

2.4.3 The Rational-Choice Strand

2.4.4 The Discursive Strand

2.5 The Limitations of New Institutionalism

2.6 The Potential of New Institutionalism

2.7 Conclusion

3. The European Project and European Higher Education

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The European Project

3.2.1 Borders

3.2.2 A Space of Meaning

3.2.3 Unity and Diversity: A Balancing Act

3.2.4 An Evolving Mission of the European Project

3.3 Higher Education and the European Project

3.3.1 The Role of Higher Education in Europe Historically

3.3.2 Learning to Build the EHEA

3.4 Understanding the Gaps in Prior Research

3.5 Conclusion

4. Germany's Membership in the European Higher Education Area: Leading Europe

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Recent Developments in German Politics

4.3 The BP in Germany.

4.4 Germany's Membership in the EHEA as a Channel for Its Soft Power in Promoting Stability in the European Region

4.5 Conclusion

5. France's Membership in the European Higher Education Area: (Still) 'Moderating' the Leading of Europe

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Recent Developments in French Politics

5.2.1 Crises as a Context

5.2.2 The Evolution of European Politics in France and Macron's Leadership

5.2.3 The Franco-German Relationship

5.3 The BP in France

5.4 An Instrumental Role of France's Membership in the European Higher Education Area in Moderating the European Project

5.5 Conclusion

6. Italy's Membership in the European Higher Education Area: Coordinating Cooperation in Higher Education While Attempting ...

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Recent Developments in Italian Politics

6.3 The Bologna Process in Italy

6.4 A Coordinating Role of Italy's Membership in the European Higher Education Area and the Politics of Attempted Apoliticism

6.4.1 The EHEA as a Forum for Cooperation in Higher Education in the European Region Intertwined With the Wider Politics of ...

6.4.2 Paradoxes in Italy's Driving the EHEA: Its Understanding of Politics in HE Cooperation While Trying to Stay Apolitical

6.5 Conclusion

7. United Kingdom's Membership(s) in the European Higher Education Area: Applying a Heterogeneous Agenda

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Recent Developments in UK Politics

7.3 The UK and the Bologna Process

7.4 A Passive, yet Complex, Role of the United Kingdom's Memberships in the European Higher Education Area and the Politics ...

7.4.1 The Complexity of the Two Memberships

7.4.2 EWNI

7.4.3 Scotland

7.4.4 Europeanisation and Internationalisation Associated With the EHEA in the United Kingdom

7.5 Conclusion.

References

8. European Cooperation in Higher Education and the Evolving Mission of the European Project (in the Early 2020s)

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Membership in the EHEA: Strategic Significance

8.3 The European Higher Education Area and the European Project

8.4 Conclusion

9. Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781837535163

1837535167

OCLC:

1515460904