Been meaning to publish this for while:
The European Institutions have been accused of 'taking over' various policies (I think this is an idea from a book edited by Voldemar Tomusk but I need to check). The example cited is Bologna - harmonisation of European degrees was taking place and the EU saw it useful policy to take over.
I also think the same is true of cross-European Masters Degrees/Joint Degrees; these were already being developed (see Roehampton's collaborative Masters and Doctorate with Fontys as an example) but the EU saw them as a potential tool accross Europe and around the world and hence created Erasmus Mundus.
I wonder if this can be taken one stage further; I have written about 'Soft Power' or 'Bottom-up Globalisation.' Nothing new - global powers have always tried to win 'hearts and minds' to avoid physical battles (look at England in India, the Romans in England). But are the EU taking over these 'bottom-up' methods to undertake traditional 'top-down' colonialism?
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