Singapore's 'global assemblage': Digging into the culture of education policy making

Critical Studies in Education

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-278

  Koh, Aaron ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Education policy; Global assemblage; Global education policy; Globalization; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052670743     PISSN: 17508487     EISSN: 17508495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2011.604076     Document Type: Article

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