Political correctness: In the interest of the child?

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-63

  Owusu Bempah, Kwame ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84916955180     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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