Economic globalisation, skill formation and the consequences for higher education

The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 229-240

  Brown, Phillip ^a   Lauder, Hugh ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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