Ambivalence and the politics of knowledge: The struggle for change in German higher education

Higher Education

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 177-195

  Weiler, Hans N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Higher education; Politics of knowledge ambivalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544374059     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-2921-7     Document Type: Article

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