Who's colonizing who? The knowledge society thesis and the global challenges in higher education

Studies in Philosophy and Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-236

  Forstorp, Per Anders ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Criticism; Globalization; Knowledge society; Neo colonialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849124091     PISSN: 00393746     EISSN: 1573191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11217-007-9072-0     Document Type: Article

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