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Governing a Sri Lankan higher education institution across the colonial difference

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Governing a Sri Lankan higher education institution across the colonial difference. / Golding, David.
Lancaster University, 2021. 170 p.

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Golding, D 2021, 'Governing a Sri Lankan higher education institution across the colonial difference', PhD, Lancaster University. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/1219

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Golding, D. (2021). Governing a Sri Lankan higher education institution across the colonial difference. [Doctoral Thesis, Lancaster University]. Lancaster University. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/1219

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Golding D. Governing a Sri Lankan higher education institution across the colonial difference. Lancaster University, 2021. 170 p. doi: 10.17635/lancaster/thesis/1219

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Golding, David. / Governing a Sri Lankan higher education institution across the colonial difference. Lancaster University, 2021. 170 p.

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