Chinese policy reaction to the problem of street children: An analysis from the perspective of street children

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 575-584

  Lam, Debbie ^a   Cheng, Fucai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Closed door policy; Protection and Education Centre; Street children

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949111139     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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