Education policy and school segregation of migrant students in Catalonia: The politics of non-decision-making

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 401-421

  Bonal, Xavier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

critical policy analysis; education policy; inequality; migration; school segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861203819     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2011.645168     Document Type: Article

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