Getting boys' education 'right': The Australian Government's parliamentary inquiry report as an exemplary instance of recuperative masculinity politics

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-21

  Mills, Martin ^a   Martino, Wayne ^b   Lingard, Bob ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845340155     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690600995958     Document Type: Article

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