Global evidence in local debates: The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in Swiss direct-democratic debates on school policy

Policy and Politics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 547-561

  Schlaufer, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Direct democracy; Evidence use; PISA; Policy debates

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; IDEOLOGY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; STUDENT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84994525769     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557315X14464923526339     Document Type: Article

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