Structure, Agency, and the Space Between: On the Challenges and Contradictions of a Blended View of the Life Course

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2005, Pages 35-55

  Settersten, Richard A ^a   Gannon, Lynn ^a  

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EID: 67651148009     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-2608(05)10001-X     Document Type: Review

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