Bridging the ‘learning divide’: the nature and politics of participation

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 110-119

  Tight, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0009232836     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.1998.11730677     Document Type: Article

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