Working Class Youths’ Engagement with and Responses to Gendered Transition Structures: Resilience and Reworking Strategies
By: Maria Rönnlund
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/njtcg.122 | Journal eISSN: 2003-8046
Language: English
Page range: 41 - 54
Submitted on: Nov 9, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 22, 2026
Published on: Jul 2, 2026
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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