Identity resources for positive adaptation of Roma ethnic minority youth in Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Kosovo, and Romania

Positive Youth Development in Global Contexts of Social and Economic Change

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 183-198

  Dimitrova, Radosveta ^a   Musso, Pasquale ^b   Abubakar, Amina ^c   Solcova, Iva Polackova ^d   Stefenel, Delia ^e   Uka, Fitim ^f   Zahaj, Skerdi ^g   Tavel, Peter ^h   Jordanov, Venzislav ⁱ  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c PWANI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^e LUCIAN BLAGA UNIVERSITY OF SIBIU   (Romania)

^f Private Bearer of Higher Education ‘qeap heimer’ ^*  (Serbia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^h PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMY   (Bulgaria)

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EID: 85021993323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315307275     Document Type: Chapter

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