Young people on the margins: Australian studies of social exclusion

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-31

  Savelsberg, Harry Joseph ^a   Martin Giles, Bonnie Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communities of fate; Homelessness; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049145663     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260701727048     Document Type: Article

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