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Journal of Education Policy Volume 33, 2018 - Issue 5: Commercialising Education: profiting from reform?
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Devolution, market dynamics and the Independent Public School initiative in Western Australia: ‘winning back’ what has been lost?

Scott FitzgeraldCurtin Graduate School of Business, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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Meghan StaceySydney School of Education & Social Work, The University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Susan McGrath-ChampWork and Organisational Studies in the University of Sydney Business School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Karolina PardingSociology, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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Al RainnieCreative Industries, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Pages 662-681 | Received 28 Jun 2017, Accepted 28 Nov 2017, Published online: 15 Dec 2017

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