The (absent) politics of neo-liberal education policy

Critical Studies in Education

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-310

  Clarke, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

educational policy; inequality social exclusion in education; neoconservatism neo liberalism; philosophy of education; post structural postmodern critical theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866660062     PISSN: 17508487     EISSN: 17508495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2012.703139     Document Type: Article

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