Education as industrial policy: New Labour's marriage of the social and the economic

Policy and Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-152

  Stedward, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Industrial policy; New Labour

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; POLICY STRATEGY; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 0037680382     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557303765371645     Document Type: Article

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