Navigating power imbalances in research with children and young people in shelters for domestic violence.
This paper examines the methodological approach from a doctoral research project based on an ethnography conducted with children and young people living in shelters for domestic violence. Guided by the principles of critical social work research, this study was co-constructed in partnership with a f...
| Publicado en: | Qualitative Social Work Vol. 25; no. 3/4; pp. 483 - 501 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jul2026
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