'We are managing!' Uncertain paths to respectable adulthoods in Accra, Ghana

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2039-2047

  Langevang, Thilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accra; Adulthood; Ghana; Life course; Social navigation; Uncertainty; Youth; Youth transitions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; NEOLIBERALISM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCRA; AFRICA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 56949101630     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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