Tony Blair, the promotion of the 'active' educational citizen, and middle-class hegemony

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 639-650

  Reay, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57049097026     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980802518821     Document Type: Article

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