'Education is important, but ...' Young people outside of schooling and the Finnish policy of 'education guarantee'

Educational Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-258

  Ahola, Sakari ^a   Kivelä, Suvi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dropping out; Early school leaving; Marginalisation; Social exclusion; Youth at risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548324618     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880701550441     Document Type: Article

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