Evaluation–the (not so) softlysoftly approach to governance and its consequences for compulsory education in the Nordic countries

Education Inquiry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 671-687

  Hudson, Christine ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

calculative practices; evaluation; Nordic model of education; self regulation; soft governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892996143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20004508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/edui.v2i4.22006     Document Type: Article

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