Inventing adulthoods: A biographical approach to understanding youth citizenship

Sociological Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 218-239

  Thomson, Rachel ^a,c   Holland, Janet ^b,c   McGrellis, Sheena ^c,d   Bell, Robert ^c,e   Henderson, Sheila ^c   Sharpe, Sue ^c,f  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Social Research ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Carnegie Young People Initiative   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042733732     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954x.2004.00466.x     Document Type: Review

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