Transnational academic capitalism in the Arab Gulf: balancing global and local, and public and private, capitals

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 110-128

  Findlow, Sally ^a   L Hayes, Aneta ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic capitalism; Arab Gulf; transnational higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951730611     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2015.1100531     Document Type: Article

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