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‘There was never really any question of anything else': young people's agency, institutional habitus and the transition to higher education

Emer Smyth The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Joanne Banks The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, Ireland
Pages 263-281 | Received 19 Jan 2011, Accepted 01 May 2011, Published online: 21 Feb 2012

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