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On academic capitalism. / Jessop, Robert Douglas.
In: Critical Policy Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2018, p. 104-109.

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Jessop, RD 2018, 'On academic capitalism', Critical Policy Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2017.1403342

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Jessop, R. D. (2018). On academic capitalism. Critical Policy Studies, 12(1), 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2017.1403342

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Jessop RD. On academic capitalism. Critical Policy Studies. 2018;12(1):104-109. Epub 2017 Nov 22. doi: 10.1080/19460171.2017.1403342

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Jessop, Robert Douglas. / On academic capitalism. In: Critical Policy Studies. 2018 ; Vol. 12, No. 1. pp. 104-109.

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