Whose accountability? Governmentality and the auditing of universities

Parallax

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-116

  Shore, Cris ^a   Wright, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 8744268804     PISSN: 13534645     EISSN: 1460700X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1353464042000208558     Document Type: Review

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44. Lyn Jones MP speech to the conference 'Whose University?' held at Birmingham University, 10 May, 2003.
45. Cf. Power, The Audit Explosion, p. 19;