European Union policies in education and training: The Lisbon agenda as a turning point?

Comparative Education

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-27

  Ertl, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION;

EID: 32844468141     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050060500515652     Document Type: Article

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