Globalisation and regional variety: problems of theorisation

Comparative Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 525-543

  Schwinn, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GLOBALIZATION; MODEL TEST; MODERNITY; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84873927986     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2012.728048     Document Type: Article

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