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‘We are helpless, we are not the authority': colonial governmentality in a Sri Lankan transnational education institution

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‘We are helpless, we are not the authority': colonial governmentality in a Sri Lankan transnational education institution. / Golding, David.
In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, Vol. 52, No. 8, 17.11.2022, p. 1351-1368.

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Golding, D 2022, '‘We are helpless, we are not the authority': colonial governmentality in a Sri Lankan transnational education institution', Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1351-1368. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2020.1867827

APA

Golding, D. (2022). ‘We are helpless, we are not the authority': colonial governmentality in a Sri Lankan transnational education institution. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 52(8), 1351-1368. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2020.1867827

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Golding D. ‘We are helpless, we are not the authority': colonial governmentality in a Sri Lankan transnational education institution. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 2022 Nov 17;52(8):1351-1368. Epub 2021 Jan 18. doi: 10.1080/03057925.2020.1867827

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Golding, David. / ‘We are helpless, we are not the authority' : colonial governmentality in a Sri Lankan transnational education institution. In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 2022 ; Vol. 52, No. 8. pp. 1351-1368.

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