Pathways of Education Reform ‘From Below’: Theorizing Social Movements as Grassroot Agents of Educational Change

Authors

  • Kai Heidemann Maastricht University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3384/confero.2001-4562.221115

Keywords:

social movements, political sociology of education, education reform, education policy, institutionalism

Abstract

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