Hijacking education policy decisions: Ballot initiatives and the case of affirmative action

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-310

  Moses, Michele S ^a   Saenz, Lauren P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 47749097535     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.78.2.031547102j610762     Document Type: Article

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