Analysing the differential impact of the Bologna Process: Theoretical considerations on national conditions for international policy convergence

Higher Education

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 493-510

  Heinze, Torben ^a   Knill, Christoph ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bologna Process; Comparative political science; Europeanization; Higher education research; Policy analysis; Policy convergence; Soft governance; Transnational communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249103895     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-007-9107-z     Document Type: Article

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