New class inequalities in education: Why education policy may be looking in the wrong place! Education policy, civil society and social class

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 155-166

  Ball, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Educational policy; Social class; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953198490     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443331011033346     Document Type: Article

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