Ambiguous agency: Critical perspectives on social interventions with children and youth in Africa

Children's Geographies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 365-372

  Bordonaro, Lorenzo I ^a   Payne, Ruth ^b  

^a Centre for Research in Anthropology   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84867864571     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2012.726065     Document Type: Editorial

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