Keeping up appearances: Uniform policy for school diversity?

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 174-186

  Meadmore, Daphne ^a   Symes, Colin ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disciplinary practice; Dividing practice; Governmentality; Micro markets; Policy manoeuvres; Tactics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031479056     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.00044     Document Type: Article

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