Contracts and competition? A reflection on the nature and effects of recent legislation on modes of control in schools

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-290

  Broadbent, Jane ^b   Laughlin, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0001048016     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013670     Document Type: Article

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