Utopian Promise or Burdensome Responsibility? A Critical Analysis of the UK Government's Building Schools for the Future Policy

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Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 847-870

  Kraftl, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architecture; Childhood; Community; Geographies of education; Hope

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL POLICY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860700715     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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