Unravelling a ‘spun’ policy: A case study of the constitutive role of ‘spin’ in the education policy process

The Routledge Falmer Reader in Education Policy and Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 178-197

  Gewirtz, Sharon ^a   Dickson, Marny ^a   Power, Sally ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203567203-19     Document Type: Chapter

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