Public good or private value: A critique of the commodification of knowledge in higher education- a Canadian perspective

Structure and Agency in the Neoliberal University

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 45-66

  Lewis, Magda ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84894792867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203927687     Document Type: Chapter

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