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Handbook on globalization and higher education

King, Roger (contributor); Naidoo, Rajani (contributor); … - 2011

Higher education has entered centre-stage in the context of the knowledge economy and has been deployed in the search for economic competitiveness and social development. Against this backdrop, this highly illuminating Handbook explores worldwide convergences and divergences in national higher...

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Governing universities globally : organizations, regulation and rankings

King, Roger - 2009

pt. I. Globalization and regulatory governance -- pt. II. Standards, models and rankings …

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Money, finance and capitalist development

Sawyer, Malcolm C. (contributor); … - 2001

In the past thirty years the financial sector has seen unparalleled growth and has exerted increased economic and political influence and significance. This growth has come hand-in-hand with several serious economic crises and greater monetary instability. Set against this background, this...

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The globalization of higher education

King, Roger - 2013

-growing field of the globalization of higher education. They include work by a variety of noted scholars, such as Altbach, Clark and … Globalization, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. -- Braudel, F. (1985), 'The Perspective of the World', in Civilization …, Societies and Education, 8 (1), March, 23-37 -- Peter Scott (1998), 'Massification, Internationalization and Globalization', in …

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Globalization, regionalism, and economic activity

Arestis, Philip (ed.); Baddeley, Michelle (ed.); … - 2003

The processes of globalisation and increased economic regionalism have had profound, often destabilising, effects on modern economic and financial systems. In recognition of this fact, the editors of this fine book have collected together a diverse range of heterodox ideas surrounding the...

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The economics of the third way : experiences from around the world

Sawyer, Malcolm C. (contributor); … - 2001

The "third way" is a term often used by politicians and others to indicate a set of new policies adopted by former social democratic parties throughout the world. This book is an attempt to dissect the ideas and economic theory behind the rhetoric of the "third way" through a critical evaluation...

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The rise of the market : critical essays on the political economy of neo-liberalism

Sawyer, Malcolm C. (contributor); … - 2004

The growth of neo-liberalism has been the dominant political force in the past two decades. This volume concentrates on understanding the political economy of neo-liberalism. It focuses on a number of the most critical issues and examines the essence of neo-liberalism, namely, the dominance of...

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Neo-liberal economic policy : critical essays

Sawyer, Malcolm C. (contributor); … - 2004

Over the past two decades there has been a prevailing shift in economic policy in many countries. This reflects the continuing rise of neo-liberalism--the doctrine that economic policy should "leave it to the market" and that governments should retreat from market intervention. This book...

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