Closing the gap between rights and the realities of children's lives

The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 422-434

  Kaufman, Natalie Hevener ^a   Rizzini, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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