Urban education, the middle classes and their dilemmas of school choice

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-105

  Oría, Angela ^a,c   Cardini, Alejandra ^b   Ball, Stephen ^a   Stamou, Eleni ^a   Kolokitha, Magda ^a   Vertigan, Sean ^a   Flores Moreno, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CIPPEC   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

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EID: 33845658223     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930601065791     Document Type: Article

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