'Modernising the comprehensive principle': Selection, setting and the institutionalisation of educational failure

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-257

  Araújo, Marta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

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EID: 34247122248     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690701192752     Document Type: Article

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