Education, asylum and the non-citizen child
Subtitle: the politics of compassion and belonging
By: Halleli Pinson, Madeleine Arnot and Mano Candappa.
Contributors: Arnot, Madeleine.; Candappa, Mano.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780230524682
Subjects: Refugee children -- Education -- Government policy -- Great Britain; Immigrant children -- Education -- Government policy -- Great Britain; Stateless persons -- Education -- Government policy -- Great Britain; Refugee children -- Great Britain -- Social conditions; Immigrant children -- Great Britain -- Social conditions; Stateless persons -- Great Britain -- Social conditions
Description: "Refugees are physically and symbolically 'out of place', their position forcing receiving states to address issues of rights and moral obligations. This book is concerned with asylum-seeking and refugee children in the UK whose presence represents a litmus test of state commitment to human rights, equality and justice for all children"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: The Morality of Social Justice: Compassion and Belonging; title: Pathologising the Migrant: UK Immigration Discourses; title: Devolution and Incorporation: Whose Responsibility?; title: Holistic Schooling: Child Centred and Inclusive Approaches; title: Teachers Compassion and the Rights of the Child; title: Finding Safety in Schools?; title: Political Moments: Teachers in Conflict with the State; title: The Way Forward: New Migration and Education.