Are there politics in childhood?

Space and Polity

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-34

  Kallio, Kirsi Pauliina ^a   HäKli, Jouni ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL THEORY;

EID: 79251607228     PISSN: 13562576     EISSN: 14701235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562576.2011.567897     Document Type: Article

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