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Neoliberalism and Education: An Interview with Bradley J. Porfilio

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Orelus, P.W., Malott, C.S. (2012). Neoliberalism and Education: An Interview with Bradley J. Porfilio. In: Radical Voices for Democratic Schooling. Palgrave Macmillan’s Postcolonial Studies in Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137031471_3

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