Constructing The European Education Space

Abstract

This study analyses the European education policy and traces its evolution, specifically focusing on the Bologna Process that was launched in 1999. The study aims mainly at answering the following two questions: How is the European education space constructed and on which narrative is it built upon? In answering these questions, the article also discusses how the concept of European citizenship is defined in educational documents. The paper argues that the narrative of education policy initially had a regional focus, which later gained an international dimension.

Keywords

EU Education Policy, Education Space, Bologna Process, EU Citizenship

Citation

Onursal Beşgül, Özge, “Constructing The European Education Space”, Uluslararası İlişkiler, Volume 9, No 35 (Fall 2012), p. 81-99.

Affiliations

• Özge Onursal Beşgül, Faculty Member, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations