If you're so smart, why are you under surveillance? Universities, neoliberalism, and new public management

Critical Inquiry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 599-629

  Lorenz, Chris ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84859475589     PISSN: 00931896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664553     Document Type: Review

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