Higher education reform in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan: The politics of neoliberal agendas in theory and practice

Structure and Agency in the Neoliberal University

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 101-127

  Amsler, Sarah ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70449557734     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203927687     Document Type: Chapter

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