Giving voice to the voiceless through deliberative democratic school governance

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-233

  Mabovula, Nonceba ^a  

^a WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Deliberative democracy; Learners; Principals; School governance; South african schools act

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049485638     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v29n2a162     Document Type: Article

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