Abstract
"Europe's" approach to internationalising higher education is a multi-facetted set of political strategies that, over time, has become more complex as an array of European-level actors, and most importantly the European Commission, respond to pressures in the regional and global economies. In this article I explore this complexity, suggesting that Europe's inter/nationalizing of higher education is a long standing set of projects: culturally--to contribute to the construction of Europe as a distinctive entity; economically--to construct a competitive Europe; and, politically--to locate greater power at the supranational scale that would enable European-level actors more control over regional and global affairs
| Translated title of the contribution | The politics of constructing (a competitive) Europe(an) through internationalising higher education: strategies, structures, subjects |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 29 - 44 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Perspectives in Education |
| Volume | 24(4) |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2006 |