Childhood, youth and violence in global contexts : research and practice in dialogue /

"The common-sense understanding of childhood as a protected space has led to violence against and by children being understood as spectacular or exceptional. In contrast, this edited collection shows how violence enters into ordinary, routine practices of childhood and children's experienc...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Other Authors:	Wells, Karen, 1961- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:	Studies in childhood and youth.
Subjects:	FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse. PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society. Children and violence. Violence in children. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Everyday Violence and Social Recognition; Karen Wells and Heather Montgomery
2. After the End of Days: Childhood, Catastrophe and the Violence of Everyday Life in Post-Earthquake Haiti; J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat
3. The Pervasive Nature of Violence in the Day-to-Day Lives of Street Children; Nelly Ali
4. A Hard Hand for the Sake of God: The Distinction Between Positive and Negative Violence in Faith-Based Childcare; Sylvia Meichsner
5. The Role of Residential Homes in the Care of Orphans Affected by HIV; Amandine Bollinger
6. First Acts of Small Violence: Reflections on Breastfeeding and Enemas in West Africa; Alma Gottlieb
7. Young Children and Conflict Resolution; Trefor Lloyd
8. Everyday Violence and War in the Kivus, DRC; Claudia Seymour
9. How does Conflict and Violence Impact upon Children and their Education? Experiences and Learning from the Humanitarian Field; Deborah Haines.