The Absence of Failure: Children at Risk in the Knowledge Based Economy

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 247-260

  Frønes, Ivar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Childhood; Children in public care; Educational achievements; Marginalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958541266     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-015-9309-3     Document Type: Article

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