The struggle to technicise in education policy

Australian Educational Researcher

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 633-648

  Gorur, Radhika ^a   Koyama, Jill P ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Actor network theory; Education policy; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888113328     PISSN: 03116999     EISSN: 22105328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13384-013-0125-9     Document Type: Article

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