More than methods: Learning from research with children seeking asylum in Ireland

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 326-337

  White, Allen ^a   Bushin, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Asylum; Children; Methods; Refugees; Trust

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; CULTURAL IDENTITY; FIELDWORK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REFUGEE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

IRELAND;

EID: 79959387850     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.602     Document Type: Article

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