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Portnoi, L. (2005). Employment Equity and Higher Education: Policy Borrowing and the Politics of Language. In: Zajda, J., et al. International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2960-8_22

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