Advocacy networks, choice and private schooling of the poor in India

Global Networks

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-343

  Nambissan, Geetha B ^a   Ball, Stephen J ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education policy; India; Neoliberalism; Policy entrepreneurs; Private schooling; Transnational advocacy networks

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY GROUPS; EDUCATION POLICIES; GLOBAL NETWORKS; HIGH QUALITY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SCHOOL CHOICE;

PRIVATIZATION;

EDUCATION;

ADVOCACY; CIVIL SOCIETY; EDUCATION POLICY; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PRIVATIZATION;

INDIA;

EID: 77953217042     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2010.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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