GATS: Long-term strategy for the commodification of education

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 484-510

  Scherrer, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commodification; Education; European Union; GATS; Liberalization; Transnational education

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744433936     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290500170957     Document Type: Review

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