Education in a one-party "democracy": Singapore

The Rich World and the Impoverishment of Education: Diminishing Democracy, Equity and Workers' Rights

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 223-237

  McKenna, Steve ^a   Richardson, Julia ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84917708934     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203894668     Document Type: Chapter

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