Gender equality and schooling, education policy-making and feminist research in England and Wales in the 1990s

Gender, Policy and Educational Change: Shifting Agendas in the UK and Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 19-36

  David, Miriam ^a   Weiner, Gaby ^b   Arnot, Madeleine ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85140550814     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203200056-9     Document Type: Chapter

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