The Persistence of the Standardized Life Cycle

Time & Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-326

  Elchardus, Mark ^a   Smits, Wendy ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

individualization; life cycle; open future; sequence; timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748799145     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X06066944     Document Type: Article

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