Soft power, university rankings and knowledge production: Distinctions between hegemony and self-determination in higher education

Comparative Education

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-222

  Lo, William Yat Wai ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL RELATIONS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEGEMONY; HIGHER EDUCATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SELF DETERMINATION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

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EID: 79959225183     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.554092     Document Type: Article

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