The co-operative university: Labour, property and pedagogy

Power and Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-55

  Winn, Joss ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic labour; co operatives; higher education; Marx

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938427918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757743814567386     Document Type: Article

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