Exploring issues of children as actors in social research

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 490-495

  Mason, Jan ^a   Hood, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Education and Early Childhood Development   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency; Children; Research; Social actors

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650308975     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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