Student resistance: How the formal and informal organization of classrooms facilitate everyday forms of student defiance

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 612-678

  McFarland, Daniel A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035511357     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338779     Document Type: Article

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