A Colourful University Life? Transnational Higher Education and the Spatial Dimensions of Institutional Social Capital in Hong Kong

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-167

  Waters, Johanna ^a   Leung, Maggi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Social capital; Spatial dimension; Transnational higher education; UK

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; MOBILITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

CHINA; HONG KONG; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84872180259     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1748     Document Type: Article

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