Choosing for quality or inequality: Current perspectives on the implementation of school choice policy in Sweden

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Bunar, Nihad ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Equity; Market; School choice; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649300334     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930903377415     Document Type: Article

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