An ethnographic study of the consequences of social and structural forces on children: The case of two low-income Beirut suburbs

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-260

  Makhoul, Jihad ^a   Ghanem, Dana Abi ^b   Ghanem, Mary ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

LEBANON;

EID: 0242494189     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1630/095624703101286673     Document Type: Article

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