Comparative education, the 'New Paradigm' and policy borrowing: constructing knowledge for educational reform

Comparative Education

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-155

  Auld, Euan ^a   Morris, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84901439618     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2013.826497     Document Type: Article

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