Adult literacy and welfare reform: Marginalization, voice, and control

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-187

  Sheared, Vanessa ^a   McCabe, Jennifer ^a   Umeki, Donna ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23044520517     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124500322002     Document Type: Article

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