Hierarchies of difference: Finnish young people's conceptions of group membership

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-197

  Suurpää, Leena ^a  

^a The Finnish Youth Research Network (FYRN)   (Finland)

Author keywords

categorization; friendship; group belonging; immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993790744     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1364942002005002872     Document Type: Article

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