Children, young people, UNICEF and participation

Children's Geographies

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 165-181

  Tracey, Skelton ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Convention on the rights of the child; Development; Participation; Unicef; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548262630     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280601108338     Document Type: Article

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