Spheres of justice within schools: Reflections and evidence on the distribution of educational goods

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-118

  Sabbagh, Clara ^a   Resh, Nura ^b   Mor, Michal ^a   Vanhuysse, Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complex equality; Distributive politics; Educational goods; Justice perceptions; Spherical pluralism; Walzer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745058472     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-005-3319-9     Document Type: Article

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