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Citizenship, Nation-building and Identity in the EU The Contribution of Erasmus Student Mobility

By Cherry James Copyright 2019
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

With Brexit looming, a major issue facing UK Higher Education is whether the UK will be able to stay in the Erasmus Programme. This book sits at the intersection of three main interrelated themes - EU citizenship, the current state of the university in Europe, and student mobility - as they play out in the context of an EU funded programme established not least to promote European identity,... Read more

Introduction  1. EU Citizenship: Through a Glass Darkly  2. Universities as Cradles of Citizenship, or, a Special Sort of Public Space  3. The Erasmus Programme in Context  4. The Erasmus Programme and the Language Question  5. "Truly European Citizens?": Students on the Move  6. Conclusions.  Epilogue: The Impact of Brexit

Biography

Cherry James is Senior Lecturer in Law at London South Bank University, UK.