Hard measures for soft stuff: Citizenship indicators and educational policy under the Lisbon Strategy

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-343

  Holford, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 55849136578     PISSN: 14749041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2008.7.3.331     Document Type: Article

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