Repositioning politics in education's circle of knowledge

Educational Researcher

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 417-427

  McDonnell, Lorraine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Policy; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951427379     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X09342584     Document Type: Article

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