Education for all meets political democratization: Free primary education and the neoliberalization of the Malawian school and state

Comparative Education Review

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-305

  Kendall, Nancy ^a  

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EID: 34548244444     PISSN: 00104086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518478     Document Type: Article

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