To plan or not to plan?: Young adult future orientations in two European cities

Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1127-1145

  Devadason, Ranji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Future orientations; Life plans; Welfare regimes; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349087140     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508096937     Document Type: Article

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