Struggling between tradition and modernity: Gender and educational choice-making in contemporary Cyprus

Gender and Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-107

  Vryonides, Marios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

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EID: 33847071679     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250601087827     Document Type: Article

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