Immobile Transnationalisms? Young People and Their in situ Experiences of 'International' Education in Hong Kong

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 606-620

  Waters, Johanna ^a   Leung, Maggi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; MOBILITY; NATIONALISM; TERRITORY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84872874017     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012468902     Document Type: Article

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