Policy learning and governance of education policy in the EU

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-463

  Lange, Bettina ^a   Alexiadou, Nafsika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Governance of education; Open method of coordination; Policy learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955951662     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680931003782819     Document Type: Article

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