Provincialising the world culture theory debate: critical insights from a margin

Globalisation, Societies and Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-57

  Takayama, Keita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

comparative education; Japanese Comparative Education Society; post colonial theory; world culture theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921603411     PISSN: 14767724     EISSN: 14767732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2014.967485     Document Type: Article

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