The production of scholarly knowledge in the global market arena: University ranking systems, prestige and power

Critical Studies in Education

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-259

  Collyer, Fran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic capitalism; higher education; knowledge production; sociology; transnationalism; university rankings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882256168     PISSN: 17508487     EISSN: 17508495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2013.788049     Document Type: Article

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