Market-oriented school reform in England and Finland: School choice, finance and governance

Educational Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  West, Anne ^a   Ylönen, Annamari ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education finance; Market reforms; School choice; School diversity; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249143410     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690902880307     Document Type: Article

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