South Africa's education legislation, quasi-markets and de facto school choice

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-24

  Woolman, Stuart ^a,b,c   Fleisch, Brahm ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Centre for Human Rights

^c Ashira (Pty) Ltd

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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