Political Structures, Social Diversity, and Public Policy: Comparing Mandatory Education in Canada and the United States

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 850-874

  Wallner, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; centralization; convergence; education policy; federalism; fragmentation; historical institutionalism; neostructuralism; the United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862262718     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414011428590     Document Type: Article

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