Towards a working definition and application of social age in international development studies

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1307-1324

  Clark Kazak, Christina Rose ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; FEMINISM; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; LIFE CYCLE; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 70449394774     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380902862952     Document Type: Article

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