Bringing the private into the public: Changing the rules of the game and new regime politics in Philadelphia public education

Educational Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-184

  Bulkley, Katrina E ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Philadelphia reform; Privatization; Urban regimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846511559     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904806297192     Document Type: Article

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