The struggle over global higher education: Actors, institutions, and practices

International Political Sociology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 314-326

  Kauppi, Niilo ^a   Erkkilä, Tero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 80052856840     PISSN: 17495679     EISSN: 17495687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-5687.2011.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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