'It's a connection you can't get away from': Brothers, Sisters and Social Capital

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 479-493

  Gillies, Val ^a   Lucey, Helen ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748762481     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260600914549     Document Type: Article

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