Title: Children and armed conflict : cross-disciplinary investigations /
Authors: Cook, Daniel Thomas, 1961-; Wall, John, 1965-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2011
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society.; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies.; Children and war; War Psychological aspects; Psychic trauma in children.; Age groups: children.; Armed conflict.; Children and war; Psychic trauma in children; Social & cultural anthropology.; Society.; War Psychological aspects; Warfare & defence.
Abstract: Violence, conflict, and war challenge everyday understandings about the 'nature' of children and boundaries of childhood. In the disruption and destruction of the lives of children, their families and communities, childhood itself transforms and takes shape. Children, like others, are both subject to the consequences of war and actively involved in many aspects of conflict. They are and have been fighters, victims, refugees, peace-builders and reasons both to enter into and to end wars. Children and Armed Conflict explores the multi-faceted ways in which children have encountered armed conflict, illuminating their varied historical and contemporary roles. This book moves beyond the child simply as either 'victim' or 'soldier' by examining children's experiences of armed conflict in their broader historical, sociological, anthropological, literary, cultural, psychological, and public policy complexities. -- Back cover.
Contents: Introduction : Broadening the Conversation / Daniel Thomas Cook and John Wall -- Part I: Contextualizing Children's Armed Conflict Historically -- Girl Soldiers in World War / Margaret R. Higonnet -- "What Good are the Words?" : Child Memoirs and Holocaust Fiction / Adrienne Kertzer -- War Toys and the Transformation of Children's Introduction to International Violence / Gary Cross -- Part II: Understanding Children's Armed Conflict Experience -- Personal and Collective Psychosocial Resilience : The Implications for Children and Families who are Involved in War and Disasters / Richard Williams and John Drury -- Effects of War Experiences Among Internally Displaced Children in South Darfur : Clinical Implications / Dorothy Morgos -- Community Politics in Refugee Contexts : Young People, Networks and Decision-Making / Christina Clark-Kazak -- Children as Victims of War : The Moral Economy of Care / Charles Watters -- Part III: Rethinking Children's Armed Conflict Policy -- Playing Catch with a Hatchet : Integrating Children's Knowledge into Post-War Peacebuilding / Siobhan McEvoy-Levy -- Protection of Children in Disaster and War / Layal T. E. Sarrouh and Neil Boothby -- Child Soldiers : Protection or Responsibility / Joseph Rikhof -- The Reintegration of Formerly Recruited Girls : A Resilience Approach / Michael Wessells -- Conclusion : Crossing Disciplines / John Wall and Daniel Thomas Cook.