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Mobility, Education and Employability in the European Union

Inside Erasmus

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Presents evidence from across Europe and on different aspects of Erasmus relating to the civic dimension of the programme
  • Authors draw on a depth of experience in researching youth mobility in Europe
  • Covers new grounds in a very important field of European policy making and collaboration, within academia and beyond

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introducing Erasmus

    • David Cairns, Ewa Krzaklewska, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Airi-Alina Allaste
    Pages 1-18
  3. Erasmus and Employability

    • David Cairns, Ewa Krzaklewska, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Airi-Alina Allaste
    Pages 19-40
  4. The Erasmus Impetus

    • David Cairns, Ewa Krzaklewska, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Airi-Alina Allaste
    Pages 41-58
  5. Managing Erasmus

    • David Cairns, Ewa Krzaklewska, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Airi-Alina Allaste
    Pages 59-76
  6. Erasmus Learning

    • David Cairns, Ewa Krzaklewska, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Airi-Alina Allaste
    Pages 77-101
  7. Erasmus Conviviality

    • David Cairns, Ewa Krzaklewska, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Airi-Alina Allaste
    Pages 103-121
  8. Erasmus and Citizenship

    • David Cairns, Ewa Krzaklewska, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Airi-Alina Allaste
    Pages 123-144
  9. The Quality of Mobility

    • David Cairns, Ewa Krzaklewska, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Airi-Alina Allaste
    Pages 145-161
  10. Conclusions: A Changing Erasmus

    • David Cairns, Ewa Krzaklewska, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Airi-Alina Allaste
    Pages 163-177
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 179-192

About this book

This book takes an in-depth look at the European Commission’s Erasmus programme. In its current Erasmus+ format, the programme supports international exchange visits among students, trainees, volunteers and academic members of staff with a view to enhancing employability and encouraging intercultural understanding. Against the backdrop of the 30th anniversary of Erasmus, the authors explore the successes of the programme, most prominently the undergraduate exchange programme, as well as areas of on-going development, including the incorporation of short duration mobility projects focused on specific social issues into the initiative.

Through integrating perspectives from authors in a number of European countries, all of whom have knowledge regarding various aspects of Erasmus, the book provides insight into the challenges facing the programme as it moves into its fourth decade.

Mobility, Education and Employability in the European Union: Inside Erasmus will be of interest to students and scholars from a range of disciplines, including geography, sociology and European politics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    David Cairns

  • Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

    Ewa Krzaklewska

  • University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    Valentina Cuzzocrea

  • Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia

    Airi-Alina Allaste

About the authors

David Cairns is a researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.

Ewa Krzaklewska is a researcher at Jagiellonian University, Poland.

Valentina Cuzzocrea is lecturer in Sociology at the University of Cagliari, Italy.

Airi-Alina Allaste is Professor of Sociology at Tallinn University, Estonia.

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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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