Children's agency in resettlement: a study of Swedish cultural orientation programs in Kenya and Sudan

Children's Geographies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 131-148

  Muftee, Mehek ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

children; cultural orientation program; refugee; resettlement; thick thin agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922420383     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2013.828451     Document Type: Article

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