Policy issues surrounding processes of centralization and decentralization in European education systems

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 340-363

  van Amelsvoort, H W C Gonnie ^a   Scheerens, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0009313160     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1380361970030404     Document Type: Article

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