Sectoral interest versus the common good? Legitimation, fragmentation and contestation in Irish post‐primary curriculum policy and practice

Irish Educational Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-34

  Gleeson, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

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EID: 67650579471     PISSN: 03323315     EISSN: 17474965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0332331000190105     Document Type: Article

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