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"There has been surprisingly little systematic research on the emerging European Higher Education Area. This book fills the gap."
Erkki Berndtson

"The authors provide chapter and verse for the picture of a gathering wave beginning to break."
The Times Higher Education Supplement

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The book analyses the Bologna Process as an effort to harmonise Europe´s higher education in the context of global competition. It includes original documents from intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, up to the Bergen ministerial meeting of the Bologna Process in May 2005.

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Bob Reinalda, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Political Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. Ewa Kulesza, Deputy Director International Affairs, Centre for International Studies and Research, Sciences Po, Paris, France.

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