Childhood, Youth and Violence in Global Contexts: Research and Practice in Dialogue (Studies in Childhood and Youth)

Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Bringing together academic and practitioner points of view, this edited collection shows how violence enters into ordinary, routine practices of childhood and children's experiences. The contributing authors seek to understand how violence is enacted against children in infancy, adolescence, in school, in care, at home and on the street. 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 experiences. It brings together academic and practitioner points of view to understand how violence is enacted against children in infancy, adolescence, in school, in care, at home and on the street. Each topic is addressed in one chapter by an academic and in the next chapter by a practitioner, to draw out and explore the differences and similarities between academic and practitioner perspectives. Wells' and Montgomery's introduction brings these viewpoints together and argues that violence against children can be related to issues of social recognition, particularly at the start and end of childhood and in contexts of poverty Front Matter....Pages i-ix Everyday Violence and Social Recognition....Pages 1-15 Front Matter....Pages 17-19 After the End of Days: Childhood, Catastrophe and the Violence of Everyday Life in Post-Earthquake Haiti....Pages 21-46 The Pervasive Nature of Violence in the Day-to-Day Lives of Street Children....Pages 47-64 Front Matter....Pages 65-66 A Hard Hand for the Sake of God: The Distinction between Positive and Negative Violence in Faith-Based Childcare....Pages 67-83 The Role of Residential Homes in the Care of Orphans Affected by HIV....Pages 84-110 Front Matter....Pages 111-114 First Acts of Small Violence: Reflections on Breastfeeding and Enemas in West Africa....Pages 115-134 Young Children and Conflict Resolution....Pages 135-147 Front Matter....Pages 149-151 Everyday Violence and War in the Kivus, DRC....Pages 153-172 How Does Conflict and Violence Impact upon Children and Their Education? Experiences and Learning from the Humanitarian Field....Pages 173-192 Back Matter....Pages 193-198 "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 experiences. It brings together academic and practitioner points of view to understand how violence is enacted against children in infancy, adolescence, in school, in care, at home and on the street. Each topic is addressed in one chapter by an academic and in the next chapter by a practitioner, to draw out and explore the differences and similarities between academic and practitioner perspectives. Wells' and Montgomery's introduction brings these viewpoints together and argues that violence against children can be related to issues of social recognition, particularly at the start and end of childhood and in contexts of poverty"-- Provided by publisher