'Geography matters': The role distance plays in reproducing educational inequality in East London

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-500

  Hamnett, Chris ^a   Butler, Tim ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocational criteria; Catchment areas; Distance; Education; Inequality; Schools

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052601585     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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