Education policy borrowing in China: has the West wind overpowered the East wind?

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Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 686-704

  Tan, Charlene ^a   Chua, Catherine S K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; education policy borrowing; politics of gelling; politics of selling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940461402     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2013.871397     Document Type: Article

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