'Well, if the government won't do it, we bloody well will!': Third age activism and participatory action learning

Researching Transitions in Lifelong Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 213-224

  Grosjean, Garnet ^a   Pither, Sheila ^b   Kube, Art ^b   MacLeay, Sylvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training University of British Columbia ^*  (Canada)

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EID: 84911014430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203875179     Document Type: Chapter

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