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Alessandro Conticini is currently the Head of Child Protection at the United Children's Fund based in Ethiopia and he is an affiliated researcher with the Chronic Poverty Research Centre at the University of Manchester.
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Research Article
Surfing in the air: a grounded theory of the dynamics of street life and its policy implications
Article first published online: 29 APR 2008
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1423
Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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How to Cite
Conticini, A. (2008), Surfing in the air: a grounded theory of the dynamics of street life and its policy implications. J. Int. Dev., 20: 413–436. doi: 10.1002/jid.1423
Publication History
- Issue published online: 29 APR 2008
- Article first published online: 29 APR 2008
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Keywords:
- street children;
- child protection;
- homeless youth;
- Ethiopia;
- Bangladesh
Abstract
Nearly 20 years after the emergence of a specialised literature dealing with homeless children and youth, best practices are still rare and a divide remains between our understanding of street life, and the policy and programmes that are promoted to reach out to street-living children: a persisting dichotomy between theory and practice.
While much of the literature available is still entrapped in a sort of ‘pathology of case studies’ unable to provide systematic information to policy makers and practitioners, this paper claims originality in presenting an inter-disciplinary understanding of the processes of street adaptation followed by children. In doing so, the paper presents a grounded theory to predict the consequences of street life and to plan interventions accordingly. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.