Personal Communities: Not Simply Families of ‘Fate’ or ‘Choice’

Current Sociology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-221

  Pahl, Ray ^a   Spencer, Liz ^a  

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EID: 25444447594     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392104041808     Document Type: Article

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