International networking in the United Arab Emirates higher education system: Global-local tensions

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Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-302

  Findlow, Sally ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective identity; Culture; Developing world; Globalisation; Higher education; Language; Nation statehood; Transnational networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044451745     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920500212563     Document Type: Article

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