Higher education as empowerment: The case of palestinian universities

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1125-1142

  Bruhn, Christa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Higher education; Intifada; Israel; Palestinian

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644555220     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764205284722     Document Type: Article

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