Informal networks in youth transitions in west Germany: Biographical resource or reproduction of social inequality?

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-240

  Walther, Andreas ^a   Stauber, Barbara ^b   Pohl, Axel ^b  

^a Institute for Regional Innovation and Social Research (IRIS)   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 27944457978     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260500149345     Document Type: Review

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