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The transnational track: state sponsorship and Singapore’s Oxbridge elite

Rebecca YeDepartment of Sociology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Erik NylanderDepartment of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Pages 11-33 | Received 11 Sep 2013, Accepted 11 Aug 2014, Published online: 11 Dec 2014

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