Local education authorities and the regulation of educational markets: Four case studies

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-146

  Fitz, John ^a   Taylor, Chris ^a   Gorard, Stephen ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ESRC Teaching and Learning   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admissions policies; Catchment areas; LEAs; Markets; Residential segregation; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014799865     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520210122900     Document Type: Article

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