The shifting ground of Australian Higher Education through the lens of reflexive modernisation: Compromising the quality of planning education?

Australian Planner

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 72-83

  Bosman, Caryl ^a   Coiacetto, Eddo ^a   Dredge, Dianne ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Higher education; Newpublic management; Planning education; Reflexive modernization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958696623     PISSN: 07293682     EISSN: 21506841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2011.561826     Document Type: Article

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