Using identity and recognition as a framework to understand and promote the resilience of caregiving children in western Kenya

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 613-630

  Skovdal, Morten ^a   Andreouli, Eleni ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH CARE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RECOGNITION; SERVICE PROVISION;

KENYA;

EID: 79959339156     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279410000693     Document Type: Article

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