A reconstruction of the gender agenda: The contradictory gender dimensions in New Labour's educational and economic policy

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 173-189

  Arnot, Madeleine ^a   Miles, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 14544290980     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305498042000337255     Document Type: Review

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