A nation at risk crosses the pacific: Transnational borrowing of the U.S. crisis discourse in the debate on education reform in Japan

Comparative Education Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 423-446

  Takayama, Keita ^a  

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EID: 35548963847     PISSN: 00104086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520864     Document Type: Review

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