"Big organisations" supporting "small involvement": Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina on enabling community-based participation of children through PAR

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 204-214

  Maglajlic, Reima Ana ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Child participation; Ethical issues; PAR; UNICEF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; ETHICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SELF HELP; STANDARD; UNITED NATIONS;

ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; HUMANS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 77955775799     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9322-0     Document Type: Article

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