The state and education policy change in South Africa: Walking the tightrope between choice and equity

Neo-liberal Educational Reforms: A Critical Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 204-220

  Sayed, Yusuf ^a,b   Alhawsawi, Sajjadllah ^c   Mwale, Shadreck ^d   van Niekerk, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203067758     Document Type: Chapter

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