Transatlantic moves to the market: The United States and the European Union

Higher Education

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-606

  Slaughter, Sheila ^a   Cantwell, Brendan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic capitalism; Comparison EU and US; Marketization policy; Science and technology policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859419688     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9460-9     Document Type: Review

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