Is Participation Prevention?: A blurring of discourses in children's preventative initiatives in the UK

Childhood

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-73

  Evans, Ruth ^a   Spicer, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children and young people's participation; Children's Fund; Citizenship; Prevention; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449135075     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568207086835     Document Type: Article

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