From bologna to lisbon: The political uses of the lisbon 'script' in European higher education policy

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 584-606

  Capano, Giliberto ^a   Piattoni, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bologna process; Discursive institutionalism; Higher education; Lisbon strategy; Script writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957648482     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2011.560490     Document Type: Article

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