A community-based action research process, over a three-year period, employed interviews
and participant observations with five children living on the streets in Port of Spain, the …

A growing body of sociological and anthropological literature recognizes' street children'as a
socially constructed category. Social policy research highlights the dynamic and political …

In this thesis I aim to explain why it can be difficult to assist street children out of street life.
Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in a day centre for street children in Buenos …

Street life hardly has any of the positive aspects which recently have been associated with
'agency'. Living in the streets means submitting to gang culture and gang violence. Once a …

The new social studies of childhood advocate for children to be viewed and approached as
social actors who are competent participants on matters affecting them. It further suggests …

The insight information on child street life will enrich the discussion on best practices.
Policies relate to the legal framework, to the financial constraints and to the different visions …

This research is an illustration of a participatory action research (PAR) with street children
with the key research question being,'In what ways might I work towards improving my work …

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

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 …

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 …