'Feed from the service': Corruption and coercion in state-university relations in Central Eurasia

Research in Comparative and International Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-203

  Osipian, Ararat L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350001807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17454999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/rcie.2009.4.2.182     Document Type: Article

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