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Original Article

Whither critical pedagogy in the neo-liberal university today? Two UK practitioners’ reflections on constraints and possibilities

(Senior Lecturer in Sociology) & (Reader in Sociology)
Pages 1-31 | Published online: 15 Dec 2015

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