Introduction: Anthropologies of university reform

Social Anthropology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Wright, Susan ^a   Rabo, Annika ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 75249095954     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2009.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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