Suffer the Little Children: National and International Dimensions of Child Poverty and Public Policy Volume 4

This volume examines the burden of poverty that children and young adults disproportionately share throughout the world. Contributions from international researchers examine some of the profound precursor issues that serve to inhibit the chances of children and young adults to education and social mobility in an international context. Issues such as housing and homelessness, family income, maternal and child health, child care, hunger, adolescent pregnancy, violence by and against children, the impact of war and famine, various forms of social deviance and early childhood education are investigated. The volume also examines the social, political and economic contexts in which poverty occurs, utilizing various theoretical perspectives by which to view issues such as human rights, social development and social cohesion in developing, emerging and transitional societies. Implicit throughout the volume are the decisions and non-decisions of governments as they confront issues of growing poverty and the repercussions of that poverty for future generations. Front Cover......Page 1 ‘SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN’: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF CHILD POVERTY AND PUBLIC POLICY......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 10 DEDICATION......Page 12 PROLOGUE......Page 14 INTRODUCTION......Page 20 CHAPTER 1. AMERICA’S SHAME: CHILDREN LIVING IN THE SHADOWS OF AMERICA’S PROSPERITY......Page 24 CHAPTER 2. TALKING POVERTY: URBAN SCOTS AND SOCIAL DEPRIVATION......Page 62 CHAPTER 3. FENCED INTO CYCLES OF DEPRIVATION: ORPHANS, THEIR FEMALE CARERS AND EDUCATION IN MALAWI......Page 80 CHAPTER 4. ROMA CHILDHOOD IN EASTERN EUROPE......Page 96 CHAPTER 5. COMING TO AMERICA: DASHED HOPES AND UNCERTAIN FUTURES......Page 120 CHAPTER 6. THE LOSS OF IDENTITY AND THE UNDERUTILIZATION OF BLACK CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL POTENTIAL: RETHINKING ASSIMILATION GLOBALLY......Page 144 CHAPTER 7. CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN POVERTY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: A LACK OF COMMITMENT IN THE MIDST OF PLENTY......Page 168 CHAPTER 8. THE DILEMMA OF CHILD SOLDIERING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA......Page 200 CHAPTER 9. VIOLENCE, DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION: AN ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK......Page 230 CHAPTER 10. THE REACH AND POSSIBILITIES OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM FOR THE RURAL POOR IN MEXICO......Page 254 CHAPTER 11. POVERTY AND EDUCATION: BRAZIL’S SEARCH FOR VIABLE SOLUTIONS?......Page 276 CHAPTER 12. SMALL HANDS: GLOBAL DIMENSIONS OF CHILD LABOR AND EXPLOITATION......Page 318 CHAPTER 13. CHILD PROTECTION AND SURVIVAL IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: FOCUS ON CHILD WELFARE POLICY IN NAMIBIA......Page 330 CHAPTER 14. THE HEALTH AND COGNITIVE CONSEQUENCES OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD POVERTY......Page 358 CHAPTER 15. JUVENILE INSTITUTIONALIZATION PRACTICES IN INDIA: A STUDY OF TWO INSTITUTIONS IN MADRAS......Page 382 CHAPTER 16. CHILD POVERTY IN SIERRA LEONE: VIGNETTES FROM THE LEONENET STREET CHILDREN’S PROJECT......Page 408 CHAPTER 17. STOLEN CHILDHOOD: CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF “UNMARRIED” PREGNANCY IN BANGLADESH......Page 430 CHAPTER 18. THE WORLD BANK, NGOS AND THE STATE OF DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY AND ADVANCING SOCIETAL REFORM......Page 456 CHAPTER 19. DEFEATING THE TRENDS: IN SEARCH OF A BETTER FUTURE......Page 500 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 520 "'Suffer the Little Children': National and International Dimensions of Child Poverty and Public Policy," (co-edited by Carol Camp Yeakey of Washington University in St. Louis, Jeanita W. Richardson of Virginia State University, and Judith Brooks Buck of Hampton University), examines the burden of poverty that children and young adults disproportionately share throughout the world. Contributions from international researchers examine some of the profound precursor issues that serve to inhibit the chances of children and young adults to education and social mobility in an international context. Issues such as housing and homelessness, family income, maternal and child health, child care, hunger, adolescent pregnancy, violence by and against children, the impact of war and famine, various forms of social deviance and early childhood education are investigated. The volume also examines the social, political and economic contexts in which poverty occurs, utilizing various theoretical perspectives by which to view issues such as human rights, social development and social cohesion in developing, emerging and transitional societies. Implicit thoughout the volume are the decisions and non-decisions of governments as they confront issues of growing poverty and the repercussions of that poverty for future generations. Examines the burden of poverty that children and young adults disproportionately share throughout the world. This book contains contributions from international researchers that examine some of the issues that serve to inhibit the chances of children and young adults to education and social mobility in an international context