Dynamics of voluntary coordination: Actors and networks in the bologna process

Building the Knowledge Economy in Europe: New Constellations in European Research and Higher Education Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 131-159

  Elken, Mari ^a   Vukasovic, Martina ^b  

^a Nordic Institute for Studies   (Norway)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 84923611559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781782545293.00011     Document Type: Chapter

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