Reforming the city: Neoliberal school reform and democratic contestation in New Orleans

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-317

  Huff, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

charter schools; critical geographies of education; democracy; neoliberal school reform; New Orleans

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883437168     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cag.12018     Document Type: Article

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