Agency does not mean freedom. Cape Verdean street children and the politics of children's agency

Children's Geographies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-426

  Bordonaro, Lorenzo I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

agency; Cape Verde; social intervention; street children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867853135     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2012.726068     Document Type: Article

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