State-controlled education and identity formation among the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1085-1100

  Abu Saad, Ismael ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Department of Education ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Identity formation; Indigenous groups; Israel; Palestinian youth; Public education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344460135     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764205284720     Document Type: Article

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