On Bologna, Weasels and Creeping Competence

Higher Education Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue , 2009, Pages 281-299

  Amaral, Alberto ^a,b   Neave, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES)   (Portugal)

Author keywords

High Education; High Education Policy; High Education System; Lisbon Strategy; Member State

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865278407     PISSN: 15710378     EISSN: 22151923     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9505-4_12     Document Type: Chapter

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