Childhood sociology in ten countries: Current outcomes and future directions

Current Sociology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 369-384

  Bühler Niederberger, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood sociology; International exchange; Local knowledge; Production of knowledge; Social definition of childhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949565533     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392109354250     Document Type: Article

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