Democrats, authoritarians and the Bologna process : universities in Germany, Russia, England and Wales / by Judith Marquand ; with a preface by Peter Scott.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; Democrats, Authoritarians and The Bologna Process: Universities In Germany, Russia, England and Wales; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Map of Council of Europe and European Higher Education Area (EHEA) members; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Learning, Innovation, Society and the Bologna Process; Learning Processes; Cooperation and Learning; Learning and Innovation; The Learning Process and Society; Chapter 3 The Bologna Process: A Quiet Revolution; The Bologna Declaration; How Did the Bologna Process Come About?; Why Did Countries Think They Needed the Bologna Process?

Developments since 1999The Management of the Bologna Process; The Bologna Process in Its Wider Context; The Bologna Process and Its Implementation; Chapter 4 Germany: Aesop's Tortoise; German Higher Education until 1945; West Germany after 1945; East Germany after 1945; Reunification; Enter the Bologna Process; The Transition to Bachelor's and Master's Degrees; Assuring What Quality?; Mobility: Lifelong Learning; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 5 Russia: Potemkin Lives?; Background -- History and Institutions; Some Siberian Universities: Omsk; Some Siberian Universities: Tomsk.

Concluding ThoughtsChapter 6 United Kingdom: England (and Wales up to 1999) -- Aesop's Hare; A Brief History before the 1963 Robbins Report; From Robbins to the Bologna Declaration; Impact and Management of the Bologna Process; The Descent towards Barbarism; Developments in England (only) since 1999; Conclusion -- Whither England and the Bologna Process?; Chapter 7 Wales: The Red Dragon Awakens; Chapter 8 Discussion and Conclusions; Appendix The Bologna Declaration of 19 June 1999; Joint Declaration of the European Ministers of Education; Signatories; Bibliography; Index.

This book sets the extraordinary phenomenon of The Bologna Process in its historical and political context. Four contrasting country case studies - Germany, Russia, England, Wales - illustrate some of the varying responses adopted when faced with a similar framework.

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