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The term ‘vulnerable’ is now very widely used to describe individuals and groups in a range of academic disciplines and policy fields, such as economics, disaster management, health, education, social welfare, justice and environmental science (Alwang, Siegel, & Jørgensen, 2001).
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Gorur, R. (2015). Vulnerability: Construct, Complexity and Consequences. In: Riele, K.t., Gorur, R. (eds) Interrogating Conceptions of “Vulnerable Youth” in Theory, Policy and Practice. Innovations and Controversies: Interrogating Educational Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-121-2_1
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