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Researching the Bologna Process through the Lens of the Policy Cycle

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European and Latin American Higher Education Between Mirrors

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This chapter examines the dynamic of the Bologna process across a ‘policy cycle’ (Ball, 1990; Bowe, et al., 1992) with the aim of providing insightful elements to outline it within a broader process of policy integration and coordination in the field of higher education.

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Veiga, A. (2014). Researching the Bologna Process through the Lens of the Policy Cycle. In: Teodoro, A., Guilherme, M. (eds) European and Latin American Higher Education Between Mirrors. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-545-8_7

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