New Public Management in an age of austerity: Knowledge and experience in further education

Journal of Educational Administration and History

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 244-266

  Smith, Rob ^a   O'Leary, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FE policy; managerialist positivism; professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879676375     PISSN: 00220620     EISSN: 14787431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220620.2013.796913     Document Type: Article

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