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Two approaches have predominated in the study of asphalt children. The first concerns the reasons that drive children to the streets and the conditions in which they endure their existence, with particular reference to the strategies they use to guarantee survival. Observation and ethnographic methods are typically used in this form of research.
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Mesquita, M., Restivo, S., D’Ambrosio, U. (2011). Some Sociological “Images & Actions” Thinking and Seeing – Durkheim. In: Mesquita, M., Restivo, S., D’Ambrosio, U. (eds) Asphalt Children and City Streets. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-633-5_2
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