Policy and ideologies in schooling and early years education in England: Implications for and impacts on leadership, management and equality

Management in Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 167-174

  Robertson, Leena Helavaara ^a   Hill, Dave ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

early years; equality; Ideology; inequality; neoconservative; neoliberal; policy; radical left

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908686133     PISSN: 08920206     EISSN: 17419883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892020614550468     Document Type: Article

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