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Symposium: Conversations with Steven Klees on ‘A Quarter Century of Neoliberal Thinking in Education: Misleading Analyses and Failed Policies’

A quarter century of neoliberal thinking in education: misleading analyses and failed policies

Steven J. Klees University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 311-348 | Published online: 18 Nov 2008

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