Removing policy from its pedestal: Some theoretical framings and practical possibilities

Educational Review

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-298

  Vidovich, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 34547840196     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910701427231     Document Type: Article

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