On establishing a modus vivendi: The exercise of agency in decisions to participate or not participate in higher education

London Review of Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-270

  Kahn, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equality; Higher education policy; Realist social theory; Reflexive deliberation; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749141133     PISSN: 14748460     EISSN: 14748479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14748460903290256     Document Type: Article

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