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Education and Solidarity in the European Union

Europe’s Lost Spirit

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Authors:
  1. Sarah K. St. John

    1. European University Institute, Florence, Italy

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  • Tells the story of the European Movement’s mission to create through education a European spirit to secure the success of European integration
  • Draws links between the crisis of solidarity experienced by the European Union today and the difficulties faced throughout European integration to develop a fully-fledged EU education policy
  • Makes the case that education has not been a stable mechanism for fostering spirit due to its national attachment to identity and nation-building

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Sarah K. St. John
    Pages 1-11

  3. Education in the European Union

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Education and the European “Idea” (1945–1956)

      • Sarah K. St. John
      Pages 15-41

    3. The Road to a European Community Education Policy (1957–1970)

      • Sarah K. St. John
      Pages 43-69

    4. Developing a Community Level Education Policy, 1971–Present

      • Sarah K. St. John
      Pages 71-106

    5. An Intellectual Hub for Europe: The College of Europe and the European University

      • Sarah K. St. John
      Pages 107-139

    6. Education: A Complicated Policy Field

      • Sarah K. St. John
      Pages 141-172

  4. Solidarity: Between Theory and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Understanding European Solidarity, Spirit and Identity: Theory

      • Sarah K. St. John
      Pages 175-196

    3. An Introduction to Europe’s Decade of Crises: Solidarity in Practice

      • Sarah K. St. John
      Pages 197-238

  5. The Entwinement of Solidarity and Education in the European Union

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. Past and Present Challenges, and Future Opportunities, for Engaging Education to Address the Solidarity Crisis

      • Sarah K. St. John
      Pages 241-271

    3. Concluding Thoughts: Covid-19 Providing Yet Another Case Study or Impetus for EU Solidarity?

      • Sarah K. St. John
      Pages 273-277

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 279-282
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About this book

This book tells the story of the European Movement’s mission to create—through education—a European spirit in order to secure the success of European integration. This book draws links between the crisis of solidarity experienced by the European Union today and the difficulties faced throughout European integration to develop a fully-fledged EU education policy. It makes the case that education has not been a stable mechanism for fostering spirit due to its national attachment to identity and nation-building. Without education, it has been difficult to foster the spirit needed to establish a strong citizen-wide sense of European solidarity to overcome the crises the EU faces today. Exploring the connection between education and solidarity through the notion of spirit, the book presents an interdisciplinary study that avoids the compartmentalisation of education studies, philosophy and political science to bring ideas together that shed fresh light on contemporary debates currently under the spotlight.

Authors and Affiliations

  • European University Institute, Florence, Italy

    Sarah K. St. John

About the author

Sarah K. St. John holds a PhD in Education from the University of Glasgow and works with the Secretary General at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). Previously, she co-edited the volume Education and Public Policy in the European Union: Crossing Boundaries (with M. Murphy, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Her research interests are European Union education policy, European integration history and the construction of Europe, European and international higher education, and higher education administration and governance.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Education and Solidarity in the European Union

  • Book Subtitle: Europe’s Lost Spirit

  • Authors: Sarah K. St. John

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63042-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63041-6Published: 20 December 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63044-7Published: 21 December 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-63042-3Published: 19 December 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 282

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Public Policy, Education Policy

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