Students 'at-risk' policy: Competing social and economic discourses

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-476

  Mosen Lowe, Linda Audrey Joy ^a   Vidovich, Lesley ^b   Chapman, Anne ^b  

^a Department of Enrichment and Support   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

At risk; Critical policy analysis; Education policy; Social and economic discourses

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249093884     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930902759712     Document Type: Article

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