Individualisation and social exclusion: The case of young people not in education, employment or training

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 785-802

  Thompson, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

individualisation; NEET (not in education, employment or training); post compulsory education; social exclusion; social inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863408767     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2011.636507     Document Type: Article

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