Equality in education:An equality of condition perspective

Theory and Research in Education

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-164

  Lynch, Kathleen ^a   Baker, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

democracy; emotions; equality; recognition; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996159113     PISSN: 14778785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477878505053298     Document Type: Article

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