Privatizing education in Scotland? New Labour, modernization and 'public' services

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 562-586

  Poole, Lynne ^a   Mooney, Gerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS); Privatization; Public private partnerships (PPPs); Scotland

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES; MODERNIZATION; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SERVICE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746072983     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018306065609     Document Type: Article

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