This book provides new insights on the lives of children in street situations by providing analyses from a qualitative perspective on the sociology of childhood

This book deals with street children who live in the developing world, and homeless youth who are from the developed world. They are referred to as children in

This brief studies the phenomenon of street children in two cities in Peru. It looks at some of the conceptual issues and, after analysing why children are in t

Governments have traditionally left the plight of street children and working children, who by some counts number over 100 million, to individuals and nongovern

Investigates the circumstances which lead children to leave their homes and describes their way of life on the streets. Shows how both policymakers and private