Education in the global city: the manufacturing of education in Singapore

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Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 625-636

  Koh, Aaron ^a   Chong, Terence ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

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EID: 84907908173     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2014.931112     Document Type: Editorial

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