Playing the game or played by the game? Young drug users' educational trajectories

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Playing the game or played by the game? Young drug users' educational trajectories . / Järvinen, Margaretha; Ravn, Signe.

In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol. 39, No. 5, 04.07.2018, p. 669-682.

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Harvard

Järvinen, M & Ravn, S 2018, 'Playing the game or played by the game? Young drug users' educational trajectories ', British Journal of Sociology of Education, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 669-682. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2017.1401917

APA

Järvinen, M., & Ravn, S. (2018). Playing the game or played by the game? Young drug users' educational trajectories . British Journal of Sociology of Education, 39(5), 669-682. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2017.1401917

Vancouver

Järvinen M, Ravn S. Playing the game or played by the game? Young drug users' educational trajectories . British Journal of Sociology of Education. 2018 Jul 4;39(5):669-682. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2017.1401917

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Järvinen, Margaretha ; Ravn, Signe. / Playing the game or played by the game? Young drug users' educational trajectories . In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 2018 ; Vol. 39, No. 5. pp. 669-682.

Bibtex

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