Participation in adult and community education: A discourse of diminishing returns

International Journal of Lifelong Education

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 479-492

  Crowther, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84978192270     PISSN: 02601370     EISSN: 1464519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02601370050209023     Document Type: Article

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