Further education in England: The new localism, systems theory and governance

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 633-648

  Avis, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Further education; Governance; Localism; System theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449674710     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930903125137     Document Type: Article

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