Trans-local academic credentials and the (re)production of financial elites

Globalisation, Societies and Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-264

  Hall, Sarah ^a   Appleyard, Lindsey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City of London; Finance; Financial elites; International education; Lifelong learning; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960371244     PISSN: 14767724     EISSN: 14767732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2011.577177     Document Type: Article

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