Earning identity and respect through work: A study of children involved in fishing and farming practices in Cape Coast, Ghana

Childhood

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 447-459

  Sackey, Enoch Tawiah ^a   Johannesen, Berit Overå ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child work; generation; Ghana; moral order; participation; tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946401964     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568214566079     Document Type: Article

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