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Democracy and the Discourse on Relevance Within the Academic Profession at Makerere University : Within the Academic Profession /

"Democracy and the Discourse of Relevance is set against the backdrop of the spread of neoliberal ideas and reforms since the 1980s, accepting also that these ideas are rooted in a longer history. It focuses on how neoliberalism has worked to transform the university sector and the academic pro...

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Autores principales: Kronstad Felde, Andrea (Autor), Oygard, Reidar (Autor), Myrtveit, Anja (Autor), Halvorsen, Tor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cape Town, South Africa : African Minds, 2021
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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