Negotiating acts of citizenship in an era of neoliberal reform: The game of school closures

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-127

  Basu, Ranu ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CIVIL SOCIETY; EDUCATION; NEOLIBERALISM; PLANNING PROCESS; PRIVATIZATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 33947356653     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2007.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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