Ambiguous agencies: Coping and survival in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Children's Geographies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 373-384

  Seymour, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child protection; children; coping; Democratic Republic of Congo; resilience; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867843609     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2012.726073     Document Type: Article

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