Education and the politics of selection: Radical policies for those set to fail in the twenty-first century?

International Studies in Sociology of Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-206

  Demaine, Jack ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85044882021     PISSN: 09620214     EISSN: 17475066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09620210601037738     Document Type: Article

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