The school system as a post-fordist organization: Fragmented centralization and the emergence of IT specialists

Critical Sociology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 583-615

  Monahan, Torin ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Flexibility; Globalization; Information technology; Los Angeles; Post Fordism; Public education; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748920361     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156916305774482219     Document Type: Article

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