Middle-classness and whiteness in parents' responses to multiculturalism: A study of one school

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 459-490

  Levine Rasky, Cynthia ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Exclusion; Immigrants; Jews; Parents; Public school; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049093433     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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