Street children and the work ethic: New policy for an old moral, Nairobi (Kenya)

Childhood

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 349-363

  Droz, Yvan ^a,b  

^a Graduate Institute of Development Studies (IUED)   (Switzerland)

^b GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethos; Governance; Kikuyu; Political instrumentalization; Street children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747616881     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568206066357     Document Type: Article

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