Voice without accountability: The changing relationship between employers, the State and education in England

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-63

  Gleeson, Denis ^a   Keep, Ewart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842763668     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305498042000190050     Document Type: Review

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