School choice as a civil right: The political construction of a claim and its implications for school desegregation

Integrating Schools in a Changing Society: New Policies and Legal Options for a Multiracial Generation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 32-52

  Scott, Janelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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