Measuring what's valued or valuing what's measured? Knowledge production and the research assessment exercise

Power, Knowledge and the Academy: The Institutional is Political

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 147-167

  Alldred, Pam ^a   Miller, Tina ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85015399549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230287013     Document Type: Chapter

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