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OverviewThis book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This open access book explores specific migration, governance, and identity processes currently involving children and ideas of childhood. Migrancy as a social space allows majority populations to question the capabilities of migrants, and is a space in which an increasing number of children are growing up. In this space, families, nation-states, civil society, as well as children themselves are central actors engaged in contesting the meaning of childhood. Childhood is a field of conceptual, moral and political contestation, where the ‘battles’ may range from minor tensions and everyday negotiations of symbolic or practical importance involving a limited number of people, to open conflicts involving violence and law enforcement. The chapters demonstrate the importance of how we understand phenomena involving children: when children are trafficked, seeking refuge, taken into custody, active in gangs or inyouth organisations, and struggling with identity work. This book examines countries representing very different engagements and policies regarding migrancy and children. As a result, readers are presented with a comprehensive volume ideal for both the classroom and for policy-makers and practitioners. The chapters are written by experts in social anthropology, human geography, political science, sociology, and psychology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marie Louise Seeberg , Elżbieta M. GoździakPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 1st ed. 2016 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 4.439kg ISBN: 9783319446080ISBN 10: 3319446088 Pages: 193 Publication Date: 17 February 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1: Contested Childhoods: Growing up in Micrancy: Marie Louis Seeberg and Elzbieta M. Gozdziak.- 2: Forced Victims of Willing Migrants? Contesting Assumptions about Child Trafficking: Elzbietz M. Gozdziak.- 3: Child Refugees and National Boundaries: Marie Louise Seeberg.- 4: South Sudanese Diaspora Children: Contested Notions of Childhood, Uprootedness, and Belonging among Young Refugees in the US: Marisa O. Ensor.- Lost between Protective Regimes: Roma in the Norwegian State: Ada I. Engebrigtsen.- 6: When Policy Meets Practice: A Study of Ethnic Community-Based Organisations for Children and Youth: Marianne Take and Guro Odegard.- 7: Identity Development among Youth of Vietnamese Descent in the Czech Republic: Andrea Svobodova and Eva Janska.- 8: Mixed Parentage: Negotiating Identity in Denmark: Helene Bang Appel and Rashmi Singla.- 9: “I Think of Myself as Norwegian, although I Feel that I am from Another Country.” Children Constructing Ethnic Diversity in Diverse Cultural Contexts: Mari Rysst.- 10: Looking Ahead: Contested Childhoods and Micracy: Marie Louise Seeberg and Elzbieta M. Gozdziak.–Index.ReviewsIn 10 extremely well-written chapters, these authors explore patterns of international migration, the politics and policies that drive them, and, most importantly, the effect of this transitory narrative on the identities of the migrant children themselves. ... This compelling text is a must read for anyone no longer satisfied with being merely a spectator in the migrant crisis unfolding in front of the world; it will help propel readers toward informed action. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries. (J. C. Altman, Choice, Vol. 55 (1), September, 2017) Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2017 In 10 extremely well-written chapters, these authors explore patterns of international migration, the politics and policies that drive them, and, most importantly, the effect of this transitory narrative on the identities of the migrant children themselves. ... This compelling text is a must read for anyone no longer satisfied with being merely a spectator in the migrant crisis unfolding in front of the world; it will help propel readers toward informed action. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries. (J. C. Altman, Choice, Vol. 55 (1), September, 2017) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |