Respect, deference, respectability and place: What is the problem with/for working class boys?

Geoforum

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 276-286

  McDowell, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASBOs; Britain; Deference; Deprived areas; Respect; Working class youth

Indexed keywords

LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR POLICY; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845875977     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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