Discipline in the context of development: A case of the social sciences in Malawi, Southern Africa

Higher Education

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 671-681

  Holland, Dana G ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Development; Discipline; Globalization; Interdisciplinarity; Mode 1 Mode 2 knowledge production; Research; Social science; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449121912     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-007-9082-4     Document Type: Article

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