The political economy of post-secondary education: A comparison of British Columbia, Ontario and Québec

Higher Education

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 549-566

  Fisher, Donald ^a   Rubenson, Kjell ^a   Jones, Glen ^b   Shanahan, Theresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Accountability; Comparative; Labour force development; Marketization; Neo liberalism; Policy sociology; Political economy; Post secondary education systems; Quasi markets; Research and development; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749099009     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9160-2     Document Type: Article

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