The merchants of education: Global politics and the uneven education liberalization process within the WTO

Comparative Education Review

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-401

  Verger, Antoni ^a  

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EID: 69249091803     PISSN: 00104086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599341     Document Type: Review

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