Homework as serious family business: Power and subjectivity in negotiations about school assignments in Swedish families

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-222

  Forsberg, Lucas ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 34247160797     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690701192695     Document Type: Article

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