Children and participation in South Africa: Exploring the landscape

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-17

  Bray, Rachel ^a   Moses, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children's participation; Law reform; Participatory research; Policy; Political protest; School governance; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955095576     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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