From shackles to links in the chain : Theorising adolescent boys' relocation in Burkina Faso

Forum for Development Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-327

  Thorsen, Dorte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Choice; Kinship; Migration; Networks; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DECISION MAKING; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; KINSHIP; MIGRANT WORKER;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 77952935019     PISSN: 08039410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2009.9666439     Document Type: Article

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