The 'good life' and the 'rich portfolio': Young women, schooling and neoliberal subjectification

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 459-472

  O'Flynn, Gabrielle ^a   Petersen, Eva Bendix ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34547320389     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690701369483     Document Type: Article

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