Power, politics and transnational policy-making in education

Globalisation, Societies and Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-141

  Moutsios, Stavros ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Education policy; International organisations; Politics; Power; Progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956164509     PISSN: 14767724     EISSN: 14767732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767720903574124     Document Type: Article

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