Choice paths in the Swedish upper secondary education - A critical discourse analysis of recent reforms

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 633-648

  Lund, Stefan ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Education reform; School choice; Upper secondary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549088041     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930802209743     Document Type: Article

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