Mobilising the child victim: The localisation of human trafficking in singapore through global activism

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 988-1003

  Yea, Sallie ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activism; Children; Framing; Human trafficking; Local mobilisation; Singapore

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; HUMAN RIGHTS; TRAFFICKING; VIOLENCE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84889576441     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d15411     Document Type: Article

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