From the state to the market?: China’s education at a crossroads

The Developing World and State Education: Neoliberal Depredation and Egalitarian Alternatives

Volumn 9780203889251, Issue , 2011, Pages 216-234

  Mok, Ka Ho ^a   Lo, Yat Wai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84921342775     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203889251     Document Type: Chapter

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