Commodification, corporatisation and children's spaces

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 278-291

  Press, Frances ^a   Woodrow, Christine ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child advocacy; Child care centres; Early childhood education; Private education; Privatisation; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844444596     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410504900305     Document Type: Article

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