Life on the Malecón is a narrative ethnography of the lives of street children and youth living
in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and the non-governmental organizations that …

Children of the Sun: an Ethnographic Study of the Street Children of Latin America is a book
that describes the subculture of street children inside Latin America, specifically in Mexico …

A notable absentee from the ten-point action plan set out by the 1990 World Summit for
Children was the issue of street children. Y et such children are a common sight in cities of …

The situation for" street children" has degenerated over the past two decades following the
economic and political transitions in much of Latin America. Drawing on scholarly materials …

This dissertation investigates the lived experience of marginalized, stigmatized, and
criminalized children and youth in Santiago de Chile. Documented are the institutional …

The corner of Gómez and Independencia is one of the Distrito Nacional's busiest yet
manageable intersections. Everyone wants a piece of the traffic flow. The northwest corner is …

The large number of street children in Latin America, the lack of a clear definition of the
problem, its complex causes, the lack of'a solution'and the uncertainty regarding the …

What does it mean to be a child or an adolescent growing up on the streets or in a state
institution? How do children define their everyday lives in the midst of global processes …

Children enter into street labor because they and their families need money. But the
necesidad (need) that brings children to work on the streets and the income that street labor …

In down-town Mexico City, the Buca boys were a banda or group of street children and
others. 1 Apart from a few young adults, they were between 8 and 16 years of age. The kids …