Democracy and robust hope: Queensland's education and training reforms for the future

Education, Citizenship and Social Justice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-237

  Singh, Michael ^a   Sawyer, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Democracy; Hope; Robust hope

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549112191     PISSN: 17461979     EISSN: 17461987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1746197908090082     Document Type: Article

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