Youth policy, neoliberalism and transnational governmentality: A case study of lesotho and Malawi

Critical geographies of childhood and youth: Contemporary policy and practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 43-59

  Ansell, Nicola ^a   Hajdu, Flora ^b   Robson, Elsbeth ^a   Van Blerk, Lorraine ^c   Marandet, Elodie ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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