Agile bodies: A new imperative in neoliberal governance

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-223

  Gillies, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agile; Discourse analysis; Flexible; Foucault; Governmentality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953136210     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2010.508177     Document Type: Article

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