Choice in the learning market: Tokenistic ritual or democratic education?

Dimensions of Marketisation in Higher Education

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 38-47

  Naidoo, Rajani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84960532338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315728339     Document Type: Chapter

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