Politics, guanxi and the search for objectivity: The intricacies of conducting educational research in Chinese contexts

Comparative Education

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-380

  Nordtveit, Bjorn Harald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; EDUCATION; LANGUAGE; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

EID: 80051968565     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.586768     Document Type: Article

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