What Good is Literacy? Insights and Implications of the Capabilities Approach
โ Scribed by Maddox, Brian
- Book ID
- 120635745
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Group
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 255 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-9888
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