CULTURAL STUDIES AS LABOR OF NEGOTIATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

This paper will focus on an applied research initiative1 we are currently engaged in, which brings together academics (both from conventional institutions - the university, the research centers and undergraduate colleges - and from 'new and innovative institutional structures') with policy-makers an...

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Publicado en:Cultural Studies Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 71 - 90
Autor principal: Dhar, AnupK.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan2011
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        cultural studies in education
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