Reflections on the sociology of childhood in the UK

Current Sociology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-205

  Moran Ellis, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Childhood and policy; Children; Children and research; Politics of childhood; Sociology; Voice of the child

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949562031     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392109354241     Document Type: Article

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