Food and its meaning for asylum seeking children and young people in foster care

Children's Geographies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-245

  Kohli, Ravi K S ^a   Connolly, Helen ^a   Warman, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Who Cares Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum seeking children; Children's rights; Food; Foster care

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957899553     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2010.494862     Document Type: Article

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