Economic aspirations, cultural replication and social dilemmas-interpreting parental choice of british private schools

British Private Schools: Research on Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 188-201

  Foskett, Nick ^a   Hemsley Brown, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203494745     Document Type: Chapter

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