Geographies of International Education: Mobilities and the Reproduction of Social (dis)advantage

Geography Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 123-136

  Waters, Johanna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MOBILITY; STUDENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84857954447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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