Thinking through education: The geographies of contemporary educational restructuring

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-173

  Thiem, Claudia Hanson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography of education; Globalization; Knowledge based economy; Neoliberalization; Social reproduction

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GLOBALIZATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; NEOLIBERALISM;

EID: 63049096398     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132508093475     Document Type: Article

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