Not so 'new'? Looking critically at childhood studies

Children's Geographies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-264

  Tisdall, E Kay M ^a   Punch, Samantha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

childhood; childhood studies; children; children's rights; Majority World; Minority World

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859856162     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2012.693376     Document Type: Article

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