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Rethinking Disadvantage: a social capital approach to Widening Participation. / Johnson, Matthew; Bowden, Gareth.
In: Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, Vol. 22, No. 1, 01.04.2020, p. 55-78.

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Johnson M, Bowden G. Rethinking Disadvantage: a social capital approach to Widening Participation. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. 2020 Apr 1;22(1):55-78. doi: 10.5456/WPLL.22.1.55

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Johnson, Matthew ; Bowden, Gareth. / Rethinking Disadvantage : a social capital approach to Widening Participation. In: Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. 2020 ; Vol. 22, No. 1. pp. 55-78.

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