The adult North and the young South: Reflections on the civilizing mission of children's rights

Anthropology Today

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Valentin, Karen ^a   Meinert, Lotte ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 66649086552     PISSN: 0268540X     EISSN: 14678322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2009.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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