Managing Expectations, Demands and Myths: Swedish Study Associations Caught Between Civil Society, the State and the Market

Voluntas

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 537-558

  Åberg, Pelle ^a  

^a Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cultural resources; Decoupling; Isomorphism; Legitimacy; Popular education

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CULTURAL RELATIONS; STATE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84880983731     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-012-9271-3     Document Type: Article

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