National and over-national policies in the field of education : a case study in Romania

Abstract

Introduction

Globalization has a great impact on our lives. Historically, globalization has been known specific regional variations. In Europe, the new concept refers to the so called "Europenization". Education contributes to the development of society, but it is also supported by the allocation of resources to reach as good parameters as possible, with individual and societal effects. It represents a preoccupation not only for the international global organizations (United Nations), but, also for the European institutions (The European Commission, The European Council, The European Parliament) and the national ones (government and parliament), involved in the educational process.

Education in the European Union is drawn under the principle of convergence, but significant differences are still noticed. Governance means not only national policies, but, also the European perspective (the European policy), with a strong connection between these two levels, to foster structural and economic homogeneity across the EU‘s countries, to assure a viable market integration. In these circumstances, it is a challenge to study how these two levels are linked, in order to assure a viable integration of the educational policy, and to get an economy based on knowledge