Educational restructuring from a community viewpoint: A case study of school closure from Invercargill, New Zealand

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-223

  Witten, Karen ^a   Kearns, Robin ^a   Lewis, Nick ^a   Coster, Heather ^a   McCreanor, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; EDUCATION POLICY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0037397082     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c05r     Document Type: Article

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