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Research paper thumbnail of «Políticas de Conocimiento» Actuales en la Unión Europea: Diseño y Evaluación Críticos de la «Calidad» en una Europa del Conocimiento «Medible»

This paper investigates the content and the different «dimensions» of «quality» in the current «p... more This paper investigates the content and the different «dimensions» of «quality» in the current «policies of knowledge» of the European Union as they are specified by the renewed Lisbon Strategy and in the frame of the construction of a «measurable Europe of Knowledge». The study analyses critically the policy discourses and policy practices of the European Union from 1994 to 2010 using both primary (e.g. official documents) and secon

Research paper thumbnail of Innovations in Greece at the end of the 20th century : problems, challenges and prospects

Research paper thumbnail of Greek Higher Education Area and the Bologna Panopticon

Unaccomplished Utopia, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Current «policies of knowledge» in the European Union : mapping and critically assessing «quality» in a «measurable» Europe of knowledge

Revista Española de Educación Comparada, 2012

This paper investigates the content and the different «dimensions» of «quality» in the current «p... more This paper investigates the content and the different «dimensions» of «quality» in the current «policies of knowledge» of the European Union as they are specified by the renewed Lisbon Strategy and in the frame of the construction of a «measurable Europe of Knowledge». The study analyses critically the policy discourses and policy practices of the European Union from 1994 to 2010 using both primary (e.g. official documents) and secon

Research paper thumbnail of The European Citizenship paradigm in a dystopian context: Weak symbolisms, profound deficits and measurable competences

Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 2011

Since the mid-1980s, the notion of 'European citizenship' has been discussed as a crucial factor ... more Since the mid-1980s, the notion of 'European citizenship' has been discussed as a crucial factor in the formation of neo-European identity with particular symbolic, ideological and political content. This article explores aspects in which 'European citizenship' symbolic content and constructs (membership, belonging, rights, participation and identity) are delineated through the European Union's institutional, political and educational discourses and policies. It is argued that, over the past decades, the institutional construction of European Union (EU) citizenship has been characterized by a weak ideological and symbolic content as well as by political and social deficits. Moreover, it is claimed that the EU's education discourses and policies are controlled by an economic and technocratic rationale (marketization, govermentality, benchmarking, etc.), through which the 'European citizenship' paradigm is

Research paper thumbnail of “Who marks the bench?” A critical review of the neo-European “paradigm shift” through higher education policies and discourses

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This paper attempts to critically analyze the educational discourses and policies of the European... more This paper attempts to critically analyze the educational discourses and policies of the European Union over the last decade (2000-2010) in the context of the Lisbon Strategy initiatives (Council of the EU, 2000) and provide an account on "The Shape of Things to Come" 1. It will be argued that the symbolic and actual construction of the "Europe of knowledge" has been dominated by "audit culture" 2 discourses and practices (such as governmentality, performativity and accountability) which have been influenced by the new imaginary ideotypes of globalization, and knowledge economy / society, and which draw heavily on the neoliberal/technocratic rationalities of the emergent risk societies 3. In this context, it is argued, the changes in the EU educational paradigm construct new "geographies of knowledge" and "geometries of power" (Epstein, 2007: 6) within Europe, which inflict new, top-down knowledge/power divisions upon the EU member-states' educational planning and

Research paper thumbnail of Towards the European Panopticon: EU Discourses and Policies in Education and Training 1992–2007

International Handbook of Comparative Education, 2009

The 1990s were marked by various challenges, changes and transformations at the economic, geopoli... more The 1990s were marked by various challenges, changes and transformations at the economic, geopolitical, social and technological levels (Held & McGrew, 2000; Adam, Beck & van Loon 2000; Reich, 1991) which, in several instances, affected the ongoing transformation processes of the European Union (EU). These challenges were often related to factors such as the globalisation of the economy, the growth

Research paper thumbnail of A Critical Appraisal of Curriculum Reform in Greece (1980–2002) Trends, Challenges, and Perspectives

Research paper thumbnail of «Políticas de Conocimiento» Actuales en la Unión Europea: Diseño y Evaluación Críticos de la «Calidad» en una Europa del Conocimiento «Medible»

This paper investigates the content and the different «dimensions» of «quality» in the current «p... more This paper investigates the content and the different «dimensions» of «quality» in the current «policies of knowledge» of the European Union as they are specified by the renewed Lisbon Strategy and in the frame of the construction of a «measurable Europe of Knowledge». The study analyses critically the policy discourses and policy practices of the European Union from 1994 to 2010 using both primary (e.g. official documents) and secon

Research paper thumbnail of Innovations in Greece at the end of the 20th century : problems, challenges and prospects

Research paper thumbnail of Greek Higher Education Area and the Bologna Panopticon

Unaccomplished Utopia, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Current «policies of knowledge» in the European Union : mapping and critically assessing «quality» in a «measurable» Europe of knowledge

Revista Española de Educación Comparada, 2012

This paper investigates the content and the different «dimensions» of «quality» in the current «p... more This paper investigates the content and the different «dimensions» of «quality» in the current «policies of knowledge» of the European Union as they are specified by the renewed Lisbon Strategy and in the frame of the construction of a «measurable Europe of Knowledge». The study analyses critically the policy discourses and policy practices of the European Union from 1994 to 2010 using both primary (e.g. official documents) and secon

Research paper thumbnail of The European Citizenship paradigm in a dystopian context: Weak symbolisms, profound deficits and measurable competences

Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 2011

Since the mid-1980s, the notion of 'European citizenship' has been discussed as a crucial factor ... more Since the mid-1980s, the notion of 'European citizenship' has been discussed as a crucial factor in the formation of neo-European identity with particular symbolic, ideological and political content. This article explores aspects in which 'European citizenship' symbolic content and constructs (membership, belonging, rights, participation and identity) are delineated through the European Union's institutional, political and educational discourses and policies. It is argued that, over the past decades, the institutional construction of European Union (EU) citizenship has been characterized by a weak ideological and symbolic content as well as by political and social deficits. Moreover, it is claimed that the EU's education discourses and policies are controlled by an economic and technocratic rationale (marketization, govermentality, benchmarking, etc.), through which the 'European citizenship' paradigm is

Research paper thumbnail of “Who marks the bench?” A critical review of the neo-European “paradigm shift” through higher education policies and discourses

jceps.com

This paper attempts to critically analyze the educational discourses and policies of the European... more This paper attempts to critically analyze the educational discourses and policies of the European Union over the last decade (2000-2010) in the context of the Lisbon Strategy initiatives (Council of the EU, 2000) and provide an account on "The Shape of Things to Come" 1. It will be argued that the symbolic and actual construction of the "Europe of knowledge" has been dominated by "audit culture" 2 discourses and practices (such as governmentality, performativity and accountability) which have been influenced by the new imaginary ideotypes of globalization, and knowledge economy / society, and which draw heavily on the neoliberal/technocratic rationalities of the emergent risk societies 3. In this context, it is argued, the changes in the EU educational paradigm construct new "geographies of knowledge" and "geometries of power" (Epstein, 2007: 6) within Europe, which inflict new, top-down knowledge/power divisions upon the EU member-states' educational planning and

Research paper thumbnail of Towards the European Panopticon: EU Discourses and Policies in Education and Training 1992–2007

International Handbook of Comparative Education, 2009

The 1990s were marked by various challenges, changes and transformations at the economic, geopoli... more The 1990s were marked by various challenges, changes and transformations at the economic, geopolitical, social and technological levels (Held & McGrew, 2000; Adam, Beck & van Loon 2000; Reich, 1991) which, in several instances, affected the ongoing transformation processes of the European Union (EU). These challenges were often related to factors such as the globalisation of the economy, the growth

Research paper thumbnail of A Critical Appraisal of Curriculum Reform in Greece (1980–2002) Trends, Challenges, and Perspectives

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