A standard fit for neoliberalism

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-307

  Gibbon, Peter ^a   Henriksen, Lasse Folke ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MARXISM; NEOLIBERALISM; STANDARDIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84859122704     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417512000047     Document Type: Review

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