Child migration and questions of agency

Development and Change

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1307-1321

  Huijsmans, Roy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; MIGRATION;

EID: 80054841796     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01729.x     Document Type: Review

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