Exploring the Politics of Blame: School inspection and its contestation in New Zealand and England

Comparative Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-209

  Thrupp, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0007287353     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050069828270     Document Type: Article

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