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Children's Geographies Volume 10, 2012 - Issue 4: AMBIGUOUS AGENCY: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN AFRICA
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Between agency and repression: Moroccan children on the edge

Francesco Vacchiano CRIA (Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia), ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mercedes Jiménez Departamento de Antropología Social y Pensamiento Filosófico Español, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, IMEDES (Instituto Universitario de Investigación sobre Migraciones, Etnicidad y Desarrollo Social), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Pages 457-471 | Published online: 17 Oct 2012

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