The politics of citizenship and difference in Sri Lankan schools

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-443

  Sørensen, Birgitte Refslund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Education; Minorities; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 64349122014     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: 15481492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2008.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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