Masters or servants? Power and discourse in Serbian higher education reform

Social Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-56

  Baćević, Jana ^a  

^a Centre for Education Policy   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bologna process; Education reform; Higher education policy; Power discourse; Transitional countries (Serbia)

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249091898     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2009.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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