Islamic schools in three western countries: Policy and procedure

Comparative Education

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-432

  Merry, Michael S ^a,b   Driessen, Geert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Radboud University Nijmegen ^*  (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; ISLAMISM; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 27644459106     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050060500300931     Document Type: Article

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