Global meritocracy, nationalism and the question of whom we must treat equally for educational opportunity to be equal

Critical Studies in Education

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-211

  Tannock, Stuart ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational nationalism; Equality of opportunity in education; Global meritocracy; Methodological nationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249097618     PISSN: 17508487     EISSN: 17508495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508480902859466     Document Type: Article

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