Academic labour and the politics of quality in higher education: A critical evaluation of the conditions of possibility of resistance

Critical Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 96-110

  Worthington, Frank ^a,b   Hodgson, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36048958083     PISSN: 00111562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0011-1562.2005.00617.x     Document Type: Review

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