'Life is a tightrope': Reflections on peer group inclusion and exclusion amongst adolescent girls and boys

Gender and Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-168

  Warrington, Molly ^a   Younger, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exclusion; Identity; Inclusion; Peer groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952942096     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540251003674121     Document Type: Article

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