School organization and market ecology: A realist sociological look at the infrastructure of school choice

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 453-471

  Yair, Gad ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0030365316     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0142569960170403     Document Type: Article

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