Children and global conflict /

Over one billion people under the age of eighteen live in territories affected by armed conflict. Despite this, scholars and practitioners often lack a comprehensive knowledge of how children both struggle within and shape conflict zones. Children and Global Conflict provides this understanding with...

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Main Author: Huynh, Kim, 1977-
Other Authors: D'Costa, Bina, Lee-Koo, Katrina
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Summary:Over one billion people under the age of eighteen live in territories affected by armed conflict. Despite this, scholars and practitioners often lack a comprehensive knowledge of how children both struggle within and shape conflict zones. Children and Global Conflict provides this understanding with a view to enhancing the prospects of conflict resolution and peacebuilding. This book presents key ideas and issues relating to children's experiences of war, international relations and international law. The authors explore the political, conceptual and moral debates around children in these contexts and offer examples and solutions based on case studies of child soldiers from Vietnam, child forced migrants in Australia, young peacebuilders in post-conflict zones, youth in the international justice system and child advocates across South Asia and the Middle East.
Physical Description:xi, 341 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781107038844 (hardback)
1107038847 (hardback)
9781107626980 (pbk.)
1107626986 (pbk.)