Using activity theory to evaluate a complex response to social exclusion

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-61

  Edwards, Anne ^a   Fox, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847335772     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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