"Dropping out," drifting off, being excluded
Subtitle: becoming somebody without school
By: John Smyth and Robert Hattam with Jenny Cannon ... [et al.].
Contributors: Hattam, Robert; NetLibrary, Inc
Series: Adolescent cultures, school & society -- v. 22
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Case studies; Success; High school dropouts; Interviews; Education; Youth with social disabilities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and indexes.

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Table of contents: title: Capturing the voices of early school leavers; title: Contextualizing early school leaving : globalization, the state, and schools; title: Becoming somebody with or without school; title: Doing identity work : class, race, and gender; title: The making of young lives with/against the school credential; title: School culture and student voices in early school leaving; title: Grappling with the mis-matches : themes, questions, action.