Within you and without you: Leading towards democratic communities

Management in Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Woods, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84990317744     PISSN: 08920206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892020607082675     Document Type: Article

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