From ‘inheritance’ to individualization: disembedding working-class youth transitions in post-Soviet Russia

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 531-545

  Walker, Charlie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

identity; individualization; post socialism; social class; transition; vocational education and training (VET)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950752995     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260903081681     Document Type: Article

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