EDUCATION AND POLITICS FOR THE 1990S
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EDUCATION AND POLITICS FOR THE 1990S (ebook)

DENIS LAWTON

$1,359.00
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ROUTLEDGE
ISBN:
9781135722692
Páginas:
176
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Epublication content package
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Inglés
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Si

Examines the ideological differences between the education policies of the two main political parties in the UK and discusses the emergence of these differences within the context of the 1988 Education Reform Act. It also looks at the world-wide influence of the "New Right" politics on education.

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