Youth policy and generations: Why youth policy needs to 'Rethink Youth'

Social Policy and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-275

  Woodman, Dan ^a   Wyn, Johanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

generations; Life Patterns; policy; risk; social inclusion; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894220678     PISSN: 14747464     EISSN: 14753073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474746412000589     Document Type: Article

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