College rank and neo-liberal subjectivity in South Korea: The burden of self-development

Inter-Asia Cultural Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-247

  Abelmann, Nancy ^a   Park, So Jin ^a   Kim, Hyunhee ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

College rank; College students; Neo liberal subjectivity; Self development

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249094868     PISSN: 14649373     EISSN: 14698447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649370902823371     Document Type: Article

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