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The intellectual landscape of critical policy analysis

Sarah DiemDepartment of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Michelle D. YoungUCEA, Department of Educational Leadership, Foundations and Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Anjalé D. WeltonDepartment of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
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Katherine Cumings MansfieldDepartment of Educational Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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Pei-Ling LeeUCEA, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Pages 1068-1090 | Received 16 May 2013, Accepted 10 Apr 2014, Published online: 18 Aug 2014

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