How to assemble a knowledge economy: Singapore's transnational education project

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 45-56

  Sidhu, Ravinder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; Globalisation; Hybridisation; International education; Singapore; Trade in education services

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047183047     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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