'It made me realise that I am lucky for what I got': British young carers encountering the realities of their African peers

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1038-1053

  Andreouli, Eleni ^a   Skovdal, Morten ^b   Campbell, Catherine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

childhood; public engagement; recognition; reflexivity; social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887042941     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2013.772574     Document Type: Article

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